Engineering new functions and altering existing functions

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 513-518

  Shao, Zhixin ^a   Arnold, Frances H ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030220851     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80117-5     Document Type: Article

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