Directed evolution: An evolving and enabling synthetic biology tool

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 285-291

  Cobb, Ryan E ^a   Si, Tong ^a   Zhao, Huimin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

BACTERIAL GENOME; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GENOME; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84865279828     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.05.186     Document Type: Review

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