How enzymes adapt: Lessons from directed evolution

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 100-106

  Arnold, Frances H ^a   Wintrode, Patrick L ^a   Miyazaki, Kentaro ^b   Gershenson, Anne ^c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035252648     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(00)01755-2     Document Type: Review

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