Directed Evolution of Enzymes

✍ Scribed by Uwe T. Bornscheuer

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 110 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0044-8249
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19981204)37:22<3105::aid-anie3105>3.0.co;2-#

✦ Synopsis

On the way to a combinatorial biotechnology? The directed evolution of enzymes promises a rapid access to effective biocatalysts. New molecular biology techniques for random mutagenesis in combination with high-throughput screening might revolutionize the creation of enzymes with new and improved properties.