Designed evolution of enzymatic properties

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 325-330

  Petrounia, Ioanna P ^a   Arnold, Frances H ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0033908030     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(00)00107-5     Document Type: Review

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