IGEM:Stanford/2010/Notebook/22 April 2010

April 22 2010

Molecular breeding of carotenoid biosynthetic pathways by Schmidt-Dannert et al.

1. Heim R, Prasher DC, and Tsien RY. . pmid:7809066. PubMed HubMed [Tsien]

Presentation by Greg

Learned about targeted evolution, family planning, and molecular breeding in the context of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway. Tools such as these can be use to create a mutant protein of choice without undergoing the rigor of silent mutations.