Recent advances in the in vitro evolution of nucleic acids

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 367-374

  Bittker, Joshua A ^a   Phillips, Kevin J ^a   Liu, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOZYME; RNA;

BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIBRARY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0036603595     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(02)00321-6     Document Type: Review

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