Evolution of an Arbitrary Sequence in Solubility

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 196-202

  Ito, Yoichiro ^a   Kawama, Toshihiro ^a   Urabe, Itaru ^a   Yomo, Tetsuya ^a,b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial random polypeptide; GFP based evolution; Hydrophobicity; Landscape; Protein sequence space; Protein solubility

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0842290926     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2542-2     Document Type: Article

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