An exciting but challenging road ahead for computational enzyme design

Protein Science

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1817-1819

  Baker, David ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; ENZYME; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; NUCLEASE;

ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENZYMES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 77957316716     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.481     Document Type: Note

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