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directed evolution

method used in protein engineering that mimics the process of natural selection to steer proteins or nucleic acids toward a user-defined goal
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directed evolution

Summary

directed evolution ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • directed evolution's image is recorded as DE cycle.png[2].
  • directed evolution's GND ID is recorded as 4820306-3[3].
  • directed evolution's subclass of is recorded as method[4].
  • directed evolution's subclass of is recorded as protein engineering[5].
  • directed evolution's Commons category is recorded as Directed evolution[6].
  • directed evolution's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D019020[7].
  • directed evolution's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ch269[8].
  • directed evolution's MeSH tree code is recorded as E05.393.420.175[9].
  • directed evolution's different from is recorded as directed evolution[10].
  • directed evolution's uses is recorded as evolution[11].
  • directed evolution's uses is recorded as mutagenesis[12].
  • directed evolution's uses is recorded as biological selection[13].
  • directed evolution's uses is recorded as heredity[14].
  • directed evolution's Quora topic ID is recorded as Directed-Evolution[15].
  • directed evolution's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as directed-molecular-evolution[16].
  • directed evolution's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 9418097[17].
  • directed evolution's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C9418097[18].
  • directed evolution's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2908542902[19].
  • directed evolution's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 148365[20].

Why It Matters

directed evolution ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  7. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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