A computer program for the estimation of protein and nucleic acid sequence diversity in random point mutagenesis libraries

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3667-3677

  Volles, Michael J ^a   Lansbury Jr , Peter T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; DNA POLYMERASE; NERVE PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SYNUCLEIN;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CALCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALGORITHMS; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SOFTWARE; SYNUCLEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 21444445575     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki669     Document Type: Article

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