Engineering Enzymes for Biocatalysis

Recent Patents on Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Dalby, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biocatalysis; computational design; directed evolution; enzyme engineering; protein engineering; Rational design

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CATALYSIS; DESIGN; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIOCATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; DIRECTED EVOLUTION; ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES; ENZYME ENGINEERING; GENETIC TOOLS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RATIONAL DESIGN; SCREENING TECHNIQUES;

ENZYMES;

ENZYME;

ANIMAL; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOCATALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYMES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PATENTS AS TOPIC; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 49249121750     PISSN: 18722083     EISSN: 22124012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187220807779813929     Document Type: Article

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