Strategy and success for the directed evolution of enzymes

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 473-480

  Dalby, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; ESTERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOCATALYSIS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION;

EID: 80052102623     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2011.05.003     Document Type: Review

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