The GeneOptimizer Algorithm: Using a sliding window approach to cope with the vast sequence space in multiparameter DNA sequence optimization

Systems and Synthetic Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-225

  Raab, David ^a   Graf, Marcus ^a   Notka, Frank ^a   Schödl, Thomas ^a   Wagner, Ralf ^a,b  

^a Geneart AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Codon optimization; Expression optimization; Gene synthesis; Sequence optimization algorithm; Synthetic genes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958499566     PISSN: 18725325     EISSN: 18725333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11693-010-9062-3     Document Type: Article

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