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Directed Evolution in Drops: Molecular Aspects and Applications

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The process of optimizing the properties of biological molecules is paramount for many industrial and medical applications. Directed evolution is a powerful technique for modifying and improving biomolecules such as proteins or nucleic acids (DNA or RNA). Mimicking the mechanism of natural evolution, one can enhance a desired property by applying a suitable selection pressure and sorting improved variants. Droplet-based microfluidic systems offer a high-throughput solution to this approach by helping to overcome the limiting screening steps and allowing the analysis of variants within increasingly complex libraries. Here, we review cases where successful evolution of biomolecules was achieved using droplet-based microfluidics, focusing on the molecular processes involved and the incorporation of microfluidics to the workflow. We highlight the advantages and limitations of these microfluidic systems compared to lowthroughput methods and show how the integration of these systems into directed evolution workflows can open new avenues to discover or improve biomolecules according to user-defined conditions.
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hal-03403886 , version 1 (26-10-2021)

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Aitor Manteca, Alejandra Gadea, David van Assche, Pauline Cossard, Mélanie Gillard-Bocquet, et al.. Directed Evolution in Drops: Molecular Aspects and Applications. ACS Synthetic Biology, 2021, ⟨10.1021/acssynbio.1c00313⟩. ⟨hal-03403886⟩
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