A combinatorial approach to hybrid enzymes independent of DNA homology

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1205-1209

  Ostermeier, Marc ^a   Shim, Jae Hoon ^a   Benkovic, Stephen J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA shuffling; Glycinade ribonucleotide transformylase; Hybrid enzymes; In vitro evolution; Incremental truncation

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOSPHORIBOSYLGLYCINAMIDE FORMYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 17444363724     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/70754     Document Type: Article

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