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United States of America
Application Number 09795500
Application Date 16.02.2001
Publication Number 20010051855
Publication Date 13.12.2001
Publication Kind A1
IPC
G01N 33/48
GPHYSICS
01MEASURING; TESTING
NINVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
33Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/-G01N31/131
48Biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Haemocytometers
G06F 19/00
GPHYSICS
06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
19Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific applications
G01N 33/50
GPHYSICS
01MEASURING; TESTING
NINVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
33Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/-G01N31/131
48Biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Haemocytometers
50Chemical analysis of biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Testing involving biospecific ligand binding methods; Immunological testing
Applicants California Institute of Technology
Inventors Wang Zhen-Gang
Voigt Christopher A.
Mayo Stephen L.
Arnold Frances H.
Agents DARBY &; DARBY P.C.
Priority Data 60183171 17.02.2000 US
Title
(EN) Computationally targeted evolutionary design
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Abstract
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The invention relates to improved methods for directed evolution of polymers, including directed evolution of nucleic acids and proteins. Specifically, the methods of the invention include analytical methods for identifying “structurally tolerant” residues of a polymer. Mutations of these, structurally tolerant residues are less likely to adversely affect desirable properties of a polymer sequence. The invention further provides improved methods for directed evolution wherein the structurally tolerant residues of a polymer are selectively mutated. Computer systems for implementing analytical methods of the invention are also provided.


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