Directed Evolution Library Creation : Methods and Protocols

by George Georgiou and Frances H. Arnold

Book Overview

Biological systems are very special substrates for engineering--uniquely the products of evolution, they are easily redesigned by similar approaches. A simple algorithm of iterative cycles of diversification and selection, evolution works at all scales, from single molecules to whole ecosystems. In the little more than a decade since the first reported applications of evolutionary design to enzyme engineering, directed evolution has matured to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B001G0ROEI
• ISBN13: 9781588292858
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Humana Press
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"