Novel methods for directed evolution of enzymes: Quality, not quantity

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-297

  Lutz, Stefan ^a   Patrick, Wayne M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epPCR; error prone polymerase chain reaction; in vitro compartmentalization; IVC

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

BIOCATALYST; BIODIVERSITY; CATALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 3543106035     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2004.05.004     Document Type: Review

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