Synthesis of an unnatural amino acid for genetic incorporation into recombinant proteins.
An unnatural amino acid, azalysine, was synthesized using several proposed procedures with the general concept of using glutamic acid as starting material, followed by reduction of the side chain carboxyl into aldehyde and lastly the conversion of the aldehyde to hydrazine by reductive amination....
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| Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49266 |