Production of retroviral constructs for effective transfer and expression of T-cell receptor genes using Golden Gate cloning.
Production of retroviral constructs for effective transfer and expression of T-cell receptor genes using Golden Gate cloning.
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DOI:
10.2144/000114265
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发表时间:
2015-03
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2.7
通讯作者:
Ott DE
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作者:
Coren LV;Jain S;Trivett MT;Ohlen C;Ott DE
Here, we present an improved strategy for producing T-cell receptor (TCR)-expressing retroviral vectors using a “Golden Gate” cloning strategy. This method takes advantage of the modular nature of TCR genes by directly amplifying TCR α and β variable regions from RNA or cDNA, then cloning and fusing them with their respective constant region genes resident in a retroviral TCR expression vector. This one step approach greatly streamlines the TCR vector production process versus the traditional three-step process that typically involves cloning whole TCR genes, producing a TCR expression cassette, and constructing a retroviral construct. To date, we have produced TCR vectors which transferred 7 functional human/rhesus macaque TCRs into primary T cells for studies using this method. This approach has promise to assemble other genes with defined variable regions such as immunoglobulins.