Directed evolution: An approach to engineer enzymes

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-199

  Kaur, Jasjeet ^a   Sharma, Rohit ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biocatalyst; Catalytic efficiency; Enantioselective; Engineering; Evolution

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYST IMPROVEMENTS; CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; ENZYME ENGINEERING;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENZYME KINETICS; SOLUBILITY;

ENZYMES;

ENZYME;

BIOCATALYST; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY;

DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA SHUFFLING; ENZYMES; GENE LIBRARY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750006508     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388550600851423     Document Type: Review

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