Computational Challenges in Combinatorial Library Design for Protein Engineering

AIChE Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 262-272

  Moore, Gregory L ^a   Maranas, Costas D ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial design; Directed evolution; DNA recombination; Enzyme engineering; Error prone PCR; High throughout screening; Protein design

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; PROTEIN;

CLONE; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ENGINEERING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 1642329356     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10025     Document Type: Review

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