Deep sequencing methods for protein engineering and design

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2017, Pages 36-44

  Wrenbeck, Emily E ^a   Faber, Matthew S ^b   Whitehead, Timothy A ^a,c  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN VARIANT; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GERM LINE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; EPITOPE MAPPING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

EID: 84996931924     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.11.001     Document Type: Review

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