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Exploring protein fitness landscapes by directed evolution
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Romero, Philip A. Arnold, Frances H. |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | Directed evolution circumvents our profound ignorance of how a protein's sequence encodes its function by using iterative rounds of random mutation and artificial selection to discover new and useful proteins. Proteins can be tunedto adapt to new functions or environments by simple adaptive walks involving small numbers of mutations. Directed evolution studies have shown how rapidly some proteins can evolve under strong selection pressures and, because the entire 'fossil record' of evolutionary intermediates is available for detailed study, they have provided new insight into the relationship between sequence and function. Directed evolution has also shown how mutations that are functionally neutral can set the stage for further adaptation. |
| Starting Page | 866 |
| Ending Page | 876 |
| Page Count | 11 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1038/nrm2805 |
| PubMed reference number | 19935669 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.che.caltech.edu/groups/fha/publications/Romero_NRMCB2009.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://cheme.che.caltech.edu/groups/fha/publications/Romero_NRMCB2009.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://authors.library.caltech.edu/16942/3/nihms251972.pdf |
| Journal | Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
