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ReviewCurrent opinion in chemical biology2010

Microfluidic landscapes for evolution.

Brian M Paegel

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Review in Current opinion in chemical biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Brian M PaegelDepartment of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA. briandna@scripps.edu

Funding

Microfluidic Processors for Directed Evolution and Synthetic BiologyR00GM083155 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS FLORIDA · PI PAEGEL, BRIAN M · 2009 to 2011
$740k
Microfluidic Processors for Directed Evolution and Synthetic BiologyK99GM083155 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI PAEGEL, BRIAN M · 2008 to 2008
$79k
NIGMS NIH HHS GM083155NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM083155NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM083155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evolution at its heart is an iterative algorithm composed of three steps: selection, amplification and mutagenesis. This algorithm can be applied to complex inputs such as populations of whole organisms and viruses, or mixtures of bare nucleic acids and proteins. The output is the same: evolutionary adaptation of new and improved function subject to selection. Recent breakthroughs in microfluidic technology have introduced automation and process monitoring to in vitro evolution, and reproducible preparation of emulsions and other multi-phase reaction landscapes. It is at this intersection of compartmentalization and in vitro evolution where miniaturization is again redefining experimental design in contemporary chemistry and biology.

Indexed as

Culture TechniquesDirected Molecular EvolutionMicrofluidic Analytical Techniques

Identifiers

PMID20800535
PMCPMC2953605

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