The continuous evolution in vitro technique

Current Protocols in Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 40, 2010, Pages

  Arenas, Carolina Díaz ^a   Lehman, Niles ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; In vitro; Mutation; RNA

Indexed keywords

LIGASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; REAGENT; RIBOZYME; RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DILUTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RNA;

EID: 77949410502     PISSN: 19349270     EISSN: 19349289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142700.nc0907s40     Document Type: Review

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