Synthetic BiologybioRxivPreprint
Laboratory evolution of Escherichia coli enables life based on fluorinated amino acids
Federica Agostini, Ludwig Roman Sinn, Daniel Petras…·Beate Koksch
This study shows that Escherichia coli can adapt to use fluorinated indoles as essential precursors for protein synthesis through few genetic mutations and significant regulatory and cellular changes.
DOI 10.1101/665950