Sergey V. Nosovelov

A highly efficient form of the selenocysteine insertion sequence element in protozoan parasites and its use in mammalian cells (2007)

Nosovelov, Sergey V., Lobanov, Alexey V., Hua, Deame, Kasaikina, Marina V., Hatfield, Dolph L., Gladyshev, Vadim

Selenoproteins are an elite group of proteins containing a rare amino acid, selenocysteine (Sec), encoded by the codon, UGA. In eukaryotes, incorporation of Sec requires a Sec insertion sequence...