Protein design for pathway engineering

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 234-242

  Eriksen, Dawn T ^a   Lian, Jiazhang ^a   Zhao, Huimin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biosensors; Directed evolution; Pathway engineering; Protein engineering; Rational design; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; DIRECTED EVOLUTION; PATHWAY ENGINEERING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RATIONAL DESIGN; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOCATALYSIS; BIOREACTORS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84894934911     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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