Designing efficient genetic code expansion in Bacillus subtilis to gain biological insights

Devon A. Stork; Georgia R. Squyres; Erkin Kuru; Katarzyna A. Gromek; Jonathan Rittichier; Aditya Jog; Briana M. Burton; George M. Church; Ethan C. Garner; Aditya M. Kunjapur

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25691-4

Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Designing efficient genetic code expansion in Bacillus subtilis to gain biological insights

Devon A. Stork,
Georgia R. Squyres,
Erkin Kuru,
Katarzyna A. Gromek,
Jonathan Rittichier,
Aditya Jog,
Briana M. Burton,
George M. Church,
Ethan C. Garner,
Aditya M. Kunjapur

Affiliations

Devon A. Stork: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Georgia R. Squyres: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Erkin Kuru: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Katarzyna A. Gromek: Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jonathan Rittichier: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Aditya Jog: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Briana M. Burton: Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
George M. Church: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Ethan C. Garner: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Aditya M. Kunjapur: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25691-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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B. subtilis is valuable both as a model for cell biology and as an industrial organism. Here the authors use genetic code expansion to enable functional tools for exploring cell division dynamics.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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