High-throughput screening in protein engineering: Recent advances and future perspectives

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 24918-24945

  Wójcik, Magdalena ^a   Telzerow, Aline ^a   Quax, Wim J ^a   Boersma, Ykelien L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

FACS based screening platforms; High throughput screening; In vitro compartmentalization; Microfluidics based screening platforms; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

ABELSON KINASE; ACTIVATION INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; ARYLSULFATASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; NEUROTENSIN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOTRIESTERASE;

BINDING AFFINITY; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; EMULSION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICROFLUIDICS; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; TRENDS;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 84944729218     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms161024918     Document Type: Review

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