Directed enzyme evolution: climbing fitness peaks one amino acid at a time

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-9

  Tracewell, Cara A ^a   Arnold, Frances H ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BIOCATALYST; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

AMINO ACIDS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYMES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65249177164     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.01.017     Document Type: Review

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