Molecular Evolution of An Arsenate Detoxification Pathway By Dna Shuffling

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 436-438

  Crameri, Andreas ^b   Dawes, Glenn ^a   Rodriguez, Emilio ^b   Silver, Simon ^b   Stemmer, Willem P C ^c  

^a AFFYMAX RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAXYGEN INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial chemistry; Metabolic engineering; Molecular libraries; Sexual PCR

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DNA RECOMBINATION; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ARSENATES; ARSENITE TRANSPORTING ATPASES; ARSENITES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; ION PUMPS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030951186     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0597-436     Document Type: Article

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