Biomolecular information gained through in vitro evolution

Biophysical Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Aita, Takuyo ^a   Husimi, Yuzuru ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological information; Fitness landscape; Free fitness; In vitro evolution; Pragmatic information; Quasi species; Sequence space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873257607     PISSN: 18672450     EISSN: 18672469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12551-009-0021-8     Document Type: Review

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