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Published online 23 April 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.773
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Evolution on a chip
Automated method creates more efficient enzyme.
Researchers have created a computer-controlled system that harnesses ‘survival of the fittest’ to generate more efficient enzymes. The method has so far been used to improve an enzyme made of RNA, but could also be employed to study evolution in proteins, viruses and bacteria.
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