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Patent No.:

US 7638276 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009

Filed:

Jun. 04, 2004
Applicants:

Andrew Griffiths, Cambridge, GB;

Dan Tawfik, Cambridge, GB;

Inventors:

Andrew Griffiths, Cambridge, GB;

Dan Tawfik, Cambridge, GB;

Assignee:

454 Life Sciences Corporation, Branford, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12Q 1/66 (2006.01); G01N 33/567 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention describes a method for isolating one or more genetic elements encoding a gene product having a desired activity, comprising of the steps of: (a) compartmentalising genetic elements into microcapsules; (b) expressing the genetic elements to produce their respective gene products within the microcapsules; (c) sorting the genetic elements which produce the gene product having a desired activity. The invention enables the in vitro evolution of nucleic acids by repeated mutagenesis and iterative applications of the method of the invention.


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