Laboratory-directed protein evolution

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-392

  Yuan, Ling ^a   Kurek, Itzhak ^b   English, James ^b   Keenan, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CHITINASE; CYTOCHROME P450; DNA POLYMERASE; ESTERASE; GLYPHOSATE; HETERODUPLEX; INTEGRASE; MYCOTOXIN; NUCLEASE; RECOMBINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VACCINE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHIMERA; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA SHUFFLING; EVOLUTION; EXON; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA SHUFFLING; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 24944455200     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.69.3.373-392.2005     Document Type: Review

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