Improved properties of FLP recombinase evolved by cycling mutagenesis

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 657-662

  Buchholz, Frank ^a   Angrand, Pierre Olivier ^a   Stewart, A Francis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA shuffling; Molecular evolution; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSGENE;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031874849     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0798-657     Document Type: Article

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