Measuring the activity of protein variants on a large scale using deep mutational scanning

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2267-2284

  Fowler, Douglas M ^a   Stephany, Jason J ^a   Fields, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; PROTEINS;

EID: 84907022693     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.153     Document Type: Review

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