Genetic screens and directed evolution for protein solubility

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Waldo, Geoffrey S ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

GENETIC SCREENING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037304389     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(02)00017-0     Document Type: Review

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