Beyond directed evolution: Darwinian selection as a tool for synthetic biology

Systems and Synthetic Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Porcar, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Darwinian selection; Directed evolution; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149123538     PISSN: 18725325     EISSN: 18725333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11693-009-9045-4     Document Type: Article

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