Picoliter cell lysate assays in microfluidic droplet compartments for directed enzyme evolution

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1001-1009

  Kintses, Balint ^a   Hein, Christopher ^a   Mohamed, Mark F ^a   Fischlechner, Martin ^a   Courtois, Fabienne ^a   Lainé, Céline ^a   Hollfelder, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL; SULFATASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYDROLYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCEIN; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MINIATURIZATION; OILS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SULFATASES; WATER;

EID: 84865492433     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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