Identification of human antibody fragment clones specific for tetanus toxoid in a bacteriophage lambda immunoexpression library.
Identification of human antibody fragment clones specific for tetanus toxoid in a bacteriophage lambda immunoexpression library.
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噬菌体 lambda 免疫表达文库中破伤风类毒素特异性人抗体片段克隆的鉴定。
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.87.20.8095
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发表时间:
1990
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Short,JM
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作者:
Mullinax,RL;Gross,EA;Amberg,JR;Hay,BN;Hogrefe,HH;Kubitz,MM;Greener,A;Alting-Mees,M;Ardourel,D;Short,JM
We have applied a molecular biology approach to the identification of human monoclonal antibodies. Human peripheral blood lymphocyte mRNA was converted to cDNA and a select subset was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction. These products, containing coding sequences for numerous immunoglobulin heavy- and kappa light-chain variable and constant region domains, were inserted into modified bacteriophage lambda expression vectors and introduced into Escherichia coli by infection to yield a combinatorial immunoexpression library. Clones with binding activity to tetanus toxoid were identified by filter hybridization with radiolabeled antigen and appeared at a frequency of 0.2% in the library. These human antigen binding fragments, consisting of a heavy-chain fragment covalently linked to a light chain, displayed high affinity of binding to tetanus toxoid with equilibrium constants in the nanomolar range but did not cross-react with other proteins tested. We estimate that this human immunoexpression library contains 20,000 clones with high affinity and specificity to our chosen antigen.