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Directed Evolution of Methanomethylophilus alvus Pyrrolysyl-tRNA Synthetase Generates a Hyperactive and Highly Selective Variant

J.T. Fischer, D. Söll, J.M. Tharp

Front. Mol. Biosci. 2022, 9, 850613.

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Initiating Protein Synthesis with Noncanonical Monomers In Vitro and In Vivo

J.M. Tharp,* J.A. Walker,* D. Söll, A. Schepartz

Method. Enzymol. 2021, 656, 495–519.

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Genetic Encoding of Three Distinct Noncanonical Amino Acids Using Reprogrammed Initiator and Nonsense Codons

J.M. Tharp, O. Vargas-Rodriguez, A. Schepartz, D. Söll

ACS Chem. Biol. 2021, 16, 766–774.

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An Amber Obligate Active Site-Directed Ligand Evolution Technique for Phage Display

J.M. Tharp,* J.T. Hampton,* C.A. Reed,* A. Ehnbom, P.-H.C. Chen. J.S. Morse, Y. Kurra, L.M. Pérez, S. Xu, W.R. Liu

Nature Commun. 2020, 11, 1392.

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Hijacking Translation Initiation for Synthetic Biology

J.M. Tharp,* N. Krahn,* U. Varshney, D. Söll

ChemBioChem, 2020, 21, 1287–1396.

Selected as a Very Important Paper (VIP)

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Initiation of Protein Synthesis with Non-Canonical Amino Acids In Vivo

J.M. Tharp, O. Ad, K. Amikura, F.R. Ward, E. Garcia, J.H.D. Cate, A. Schepartz, D. Söll

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 3122-3126.

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Engineering Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases for Use in Synthetic Biology

N. Krahn,* J.M. Tharp,* A. Crnković,* D. Söll

The Enzymes, 2020, 48, 351–359.

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A Genetically Encoded Phage-Displayed Cyclic-Peptide Library

X.S. Wang, P.S.C. Chen, J.T. Hampton, J.M. Tharp, C.A. Reed, S.K. Das, D.S. Wang, H.S. Hayatshahi, Y. Shen, J. Liu, W.R. Liu 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 131, 16061-16056.

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Using Amber and Ochre Nonsense Codons to Code Two Different Noncanonical Amino Acids in One Protein Gene

J.M. Tharp, W.R. Liu 

Methods Mol. Biol. 2018, 1728, 147-154.

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tRNA^Pyl: Structure, Function, and Applications

J.M. Tharp, A. Ehnbom, W.R. Liu 

RNA Biol. 2018, 15, 441-452.

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Genetic Code Expansion: Synthetases Pick Up the PACE

J.M. Tharp, W.R. Liu 

Nat. Chem. Biol. 2017, 13, 1205-1206.

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A Genetically Encoded Allysine for the Synthesis of Proteins with Site-Specific Lysine Dimethylation

Z.A. Wang, Y. Kurra, X. Wang, J.M. Tharp, E.C. Vatansever, W.W. Hsu, S. Dai, X. Fang, W.R. Liu 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 56, 212-216.

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Genetically Encoded Fluorophenylalanines Enable Insights Into the Recognition of Lysine Trimethylation by an Epigenetic Reader

Y.J. Lee, M.J. Schmidt, J.M. Tharp, A. Weber, H. Zheng, J. Gao, M.L. Waters, D. Summerer, W.R. Liu 

Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 12606-12609.

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The "π-Clamp" Offers a New Strategy for Site-Selective Protein Modification

J.M. Tharp, W.R. Liu 

ChemBioChem 2016, 17, 883-885.

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Expanding the Chemical Diversity of Lasso Peptide MccJ25 with Genetically Encoded Non-Canonical Amino Acids

F.J. Piscotta, J.M. Tharp, W.R. Liu, J.A. Link 

Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 409-412.

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Genetic Incorporation of Seven Ortho-Substituted Phenylalanine Derivatives

J.M. Tharp, Y.S. Wang, Y.J. Lee, Y.Y. Yang, W.R. Liu 

ACS Chem. Biol. 2014, 9, 884-890.

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Pyrrolysyl-tRNA Synthetase: An Ordinary Enzyme but an Outstanding Genetic Code Expansion Tool

W. Wan, J.M. Tharp, W.R. Liu 

Biochim. Biophys. Acta 2014, 1844, 1059-1070.

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Developmental Plasticity of Thermal Tolerances in Temperate and Subtropical Populations of Drosophila melanogaster

B.S. Cooper, J.M. Tharp, I.I. Jernberg, M.J. Angilletta 

J. Therm. Biol. 2012, 37, 211-216.

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