Abstract
Head amber mutant of phage T4D was used to determine the efficiency of suppression and the amino acid inserted by Escherichia coli CA273 (sup-273 formerly Su+β). The level of suppression determined was 8%, and the amino acid inserted was shown to be lysine.
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