Molecular evolution: Dynamic combinatorial libraries, autocatalytic networks and the quest for molecular function

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 270-279

  Cousins, Graham RL ^a   Poulsen, Sally Ann ^a   Sanders, Jeremy KM ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DNA LIBRARY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

DARWINIA;

EID: 0034032553     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(00)00088-0     Document Type: Review

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