Pathway engineering by designed divergent evolution

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-239

  Yoshikuni, Yasuo ^a,b   Keasling, Jay D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; TERPENE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CALCULATION; LANDSCAPE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYMES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 34047105382     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.02.033     Document Type: Review

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