Publications

Unnatural Amino Acids to Investigate Biological Processes
Johnson, D.B.F.; Takimoto, J.K.; Xu, J.; Wang, L.
Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology 2007,in press.

Genetically Encoding Unnatural Amino Acids for Cellular and Neuronal Studies
Wang, W.; Takimoto, J.K.; Louie, G.V.; Baiga, T.J.; Noel, J.P.; Lee, K.-F.; Slesinger, P.A.; Wang, L.
Nature Neuroscience 2007, 10, 1063-1072.
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Evolving Proteins in Mammalian Cells Using Somatic Hypermutation
Wang, L.*; Tsien, R.Y.
Nature Protocols 2006, 3, 1346-1350.
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Manipulating Proteins for Neuroscience
Parrish, A.R.; Wang, W.; Wang, L.
Current Opinion in Neurobiology 2006, 16, 585-592.
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Expanding the Genetic Code
Wang, L.; Xie, J.; Schultz, P.G.
Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure 2006, 35, 225-249.
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Crystal Structures of apo Wild-Type M. jannaschii TyrRS and a Mutant Synthetase Specific for O-Methyl-L-Tyrosine
Zhang, Y.*; Wang, L.*; Schultz, P.G.; Wilson, I.A.
Protein Science 2005, 14, 1340-1349.
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Expanding the Genetic Code
Wang, L.; Schultz, P. G.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2005, 44, 34-66
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Evolution of New Nonantibody Proteins via Iterative Somatic Hypermutation
Wang, L.; Jackson, W.C.; Steinbach, P.A.; Tsien, R.Y.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 2004, 101, 16745-16749. (Selected as News of the Week of Science, 2004, 306, 1457 and Research Highlights of Nature Methods, 2005, 2, 87).
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The Site-specific Incorporation of p-Iodo-L-phenylalanine into Proteins for Structure Determination
Xie, J.; Wang, L.; Wu, N.; Brock, A.; Spraggon, G.; Schultz, P.G.
Nature Biotechnology 2004, 22, 1297-1300.
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Expanding the Genetic Code
Wang, L.
Science 2003, 302, 584-585. (Amersham Biosciences and Science Prize for Young Scientists Essay)
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A New Strategy for Site-specific Protein Modification in vivo
Zhang, Z.; Smith, B.; Wang, L.; Brock, A.; Schultz, P. G.
Biochemistry 2003, 42, 6735-6746.
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A Method for the Generation of Glycoprotein Mimetics
Liu, H.; Wang, L.; Brock, A.; Wong, C-H.; Schultz, P. G.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003, 125, 1702-1703. (Selected as Editors' Choice of Science, 2003, 299, 1283).
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Generation of a Bacterium with a 21 Amino Acid Genetic Code
Mehl, R. A.; Anderson, J. C.; Santoro, S. W.; Wang, L.; Martin, B.; King, D. S.; Horn, D. M.; Schultz, P. G.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003, 124, 935-939.
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Unnatural Amino Acid Mutagenesis of Green Fluorescent Protein
Wang, L.; Xie, J.; Deniz, A.; Schultz, P. G.
Journal of Organic Chemistry 2003, 68, 174-176.
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Addition of the Keto Functional Group to the Genetic Code of Escherichia coli
Wang, L.; Zhang, Z.; Brock, A.; Schultz, P. G.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 2003, 100, 56-61. (Selected as Editors' Choice of Science, 2003, 299, 1283).
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Addition of p-azido-L-phenylalanine to the Genetic Code of Escherichia coli
Chin, J. W.; Santoro, S. W.; King, D. S.; Wang, L.; Schultz, P. G.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2002, 124, 9026-9027.
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An Efficient System for the Evolution of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Specificity
Santoro, S. W.; Wang, L.; Herberich, B.; King, D.; Schultz, P. G.
Nature Biotechnology 2002, 20, 1044-1048.
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Addition of a Photocrosslinking Amino Acid to the Genetic Code of Escherichia coli
Chin, J. W.; Martin, A. B.; King, D. S.; Wang, L.; Schultz, P. G.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 2002, 99, 11020-11024.
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The Selective Incorporation of Alkenes into Proteins in Escherichia coli
Zhang, Z.*; Wang, L.*; Brock, A.; Schultz, P. G.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2002, 41, 2840-2842.
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Adding L-3-(2-Naphthyl)alanine to the Genetic Code of E. coli
Wang, L.; Brock, A.; Schultz, P. G.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2002, 124, 1836-1837.
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Expanding the Genetic Code
Wang, L.; Schultz, P. G.
Chemical Communications 2002, 1-11. (Feature Article)
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Expanding the Genetic Code of Escherichia coli
Wang, L.; Brock, A.; Herberich, B.; Schultz, P. G.
Science 2001, 292, 498-500.
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A General Approach for the Generation of Orthogonal tRNAs
Wang, L.; Schultz, P.G.
Chemistry and Biology 2001, 8, 883-90.
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A New Functional Suppressor tRNA/Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Pair for the in vivo Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids into Proteins
Wang, L.; Magliery, T. J.; Liu, D. R.; Schultz, P. G.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2000, 122, 5010-1.
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Room Temperature Single Electron Phenomena on CdS, PbS and Au Nanoparticles Assemblies
Jiang, P.; Wang, L.; Chen, Y.; Liu, Z. F.
Journal of Chinese Electron Microscopy Society 1999, 18, 35-8.

Developing High Resolution Electrical Probing System Based on Atomic Force Microscopy
Chen, Y.; Wang, L.; He, H. X.; Liu, Z. F.
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 1997, 294, 91-4.
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Force Titration of a Carboxylic Acid Terminated Self-Assemble Monolayer Using Chemical Force Microscopy
He, H. X..; Li, C. Z.; Song, J. Q.; Mu, T.; Wang, L.; Zhang, H. L.; Liu, Z. F.
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 1997, 294, 99-102.
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An Investigation on the Mutual-Phobicity Between Fluorocarbon and Hydrocarbon Surfactants by Atomic Force Microscopy
Zhu, B. Y.; Zhang, P.; Wang, L.; Liu, Z. F.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 1997, 185, 551-3.
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Fabrication of Gold Nanostructures on Graphite Using Atomic Force Microscope
Song, J. Q.; Li, C. Z.; He, H. X.; Chen, Y.; Wang, L.; Liu, Z. F.
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 1997, 294, 51-54.
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