Who would have ever thought that to make mistakes can be a good thing? Yet it is now well known that error prone polymerases can be used precisely because they ensure a low fidelity transcription of the genetic information thus providing a unique tool to obtain information that in some way, simulate the course of evolution.
Rather than being unwanted, mutations are allowed and welcome to be able to create entire molecular evolution libraries that allow divergence of the primary code. Turning back to the last 5-10 years molecular evolution has been the basis of interesting and very different applications, from enzyme optimization to the study of evolutionary trajectories.
In this Research Topic, we wish to highlight and promote the use of powerful tools for molecular evolution and we wish that the people who will contribute to it will propose as many new applications and perspectives.
This Research Topic is focused on in vitro evolution from an experimental and a computational analysis perspective and we encourage the submission of relevant scientific articles or reviews/perspectives. Suggested topics are:
· (i) Novel and classical techniques for molecular evolution
· (ii) Computational models of natural and man-made evolution
· (iii) Automation for in vitro evolution
· (iv) Development of integrative approaches for the evolution of biological units
· (v) Evolutionary data analysis
· (vi) Determination of structural information by muatgenesis
· (vii) Studies on the trajectories of evolution using in vitro evolution
· (viii) Databases or large collections of mutants obtained by molecular evolution
· (ix) Other topics related to the field
Note from the editorial office: we would like to acknowledge Marco Fantini for initiating and coordinating this project. The peer review of submitted manuscripts will be handled by the other Topic Editors or members of the Associate Editorial Board.
Who would have ever thought that to make mistakes can be a good thing? Yet it is now well known that error prone polymerases can be used precisely because they ensure a low fidelity transcription of the genetic information thus providing a unique tool to obtain information that in some way, simulate the course of evolution.
Rather than being unwanted, mutations are allowed and welcome to be able to create entire molecular evolution libraries that allow divergence of the primary code. Turning back to the last 5-10 years molecular evolution has been the basis of interesting and very different applications, from enzyme optimization to the study of evolutionary trajectories.
In this Research Topic, we wish to highlight and promote the use of powerful tools for molecular evolution and we wish that the people who will contribute to it will propose as many new applications and perspectives.
This Research Topic is focused on in vitro evolution from an experimental and a computational analysis perspective and we encourage the submission of relevant scientific articles or reviews/perspectives. Suggested topics are:
· (i) Novel and classical techniques for molecular evolution
· (ii) Computational models of natural and man-made evolution
· (iii) Automation for in vitro evolution
· (iv) Development of integrative approaches for the evolution of biological units
· (v) Evolutionary data analysis
· (vi) Determination of structural information by muatgenesis
· (vii) Studies on the trajectories of evolution using in vitro evolution
· (viii) Databases or large collections of mutants obtained by molecular evolution
· (ix) Other topics related to the field
Note from the editorial office: we would like to acknowledge Marco Fantini for initiating and coordinating this project. The peer review of submitted manuscripts will be handled by the other Topic Editors or members of the Associate Editorial Board.
