How to evolve a silk purse from a sow's ear

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 179-180

  Cane, David E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HUMULENE; HUMULENE SYNTHASE; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GAMMA HUMULENE SYNTHASE; GAMMA-HUMULENE SYNTHASE; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SILK; SWINE; ALGORITHM; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PROTEOMICS;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

ALGORITHMS; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGY; CATALYSIS; DRUG DESIGN; EVOLUTION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; PROTEOMICS; SESQUITERPENES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646378909     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio0406-179     Document Type: Article

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