| Literature DB >> 26348789 |
M J Lajoie1, D Söll2, G M Church3.
Abstract
Withstanding 3.5 billion years of genetic drift, the canonical genetic code remains such a fundamental foundation for the complexity of life that it is highly conserved across all three phylogenetic domains. Genome engineering technologies are now making it possible to rationally change the genetic code, offering resistance to viruses, genetic isolation from horizontal gene transfer, and prevention of environmental escape by genetically modified organisms. We discuss the biochemical, genetic, and technological challenges that must be overcome in order to engineer the genetic code.Entities:
Keywords: expanded genetic code; genome engineering; genomically recoded organism (GRO)
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26348789 PMCID: PMC4779434 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.09.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mol Biol ISSN: 0022-2836 Impact factor: 5.469