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protein engineering

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protein engineering [′prō‚tēn ‚en·jə′nir·iŋ]
(cell and molecular biology)
The design and construction of new proteins or enzymes with novel or desired functions by modifying amino acid sequences by using recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid technology.


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Journal of Bionanoscience" is targeted to scientists, engineers, biologists and medical professionals working in biological aspects of nanoscience, including chemistry, physics, biology, protein engineering, materials science and nanotechnology.
Donald Dean, professor of biochemistry, molecular genetics and entomology at the Ohio State University, says protein engineering can increase toxicity of Bt proteins for target pests from a few-fold to as high as 2,000-fold in some cases.
Crystallographic studies at CARB were then focused on protein engineering efforts that included among others chymosin, subtilisin BPN'.
 
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