Evolutionary Methods in Biotechnology Edited by Susanne Brakmann and Andreas Schwienhorst Further Titles of Interest G. Kahl The Dictionary of Gene Technology 3rd edition 2004, ISBN 3-527-30765-6 A.S. Bommarius, B.R. Riebel Biocatalysis – Fundamentals and Applications 2004, ISBN 3-527-30344-8 T. Dingermann, D. Steinhilber, G. Folkers (eds.) Molecular Biology in Medicinal Chemistry 2003, ISBN 3-527-30431-2 S. Brakmann, K. Johnsson (eds.) Directed Molecular Evolution of Proteins 2002, ISBN 3-527-30423-1 V. Braun, F. Götz (eds.) Microbial Fundamentals of Biotechnology 2001, ISBN 3-527-30615-3 Evolutionary Methods in Biotechnology Clever Tricks for Directed Evolution Edited by Susanne Brakmann and Andreas Schwienhorst Dr. Susanne Brakmann Institut für Zoologie Angewandte Molekulare Evolution Universität Leipzig Liebigstr. 18 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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