High-throughput screening technologies for enzyme engineering

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2017, Pages 196-202

  Longwell, Chelsea K ^a   Labanieh, Louai ^a   Cochran, Jennifer R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; THROUGHPUT;

ACTIVITY OF ENZYMES; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME LIBRARIES; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICROTITER-PLATE BASED ASSAYS; SPATIAL SEGREGATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ENZYME VARIANT; ENZYME;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CELLS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

CELLS; ENZYMES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 85020799376     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.05.012     Document Type: Review

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