Cassette hybridization for vector assembly application in antibody chain shuffling

Autor: Jing Yi Lai, Qiuting Loh, Yee Siew Choong, Theam Soon Lim
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: BioTechniques, Vol 65, Iss 5, Pp 269-274 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1940-9818
0736-6205
DOI: 10.2144/btn-2018-0031
Popis: Gene assembly methods are an integral part of molecular cloning experiments. The majority of existing vector assembly methods stipulate a need for exonucleases, endonucleases and/or the use of single-stranded DNA as starting materials. Here, we introduced a vector assembly method that employs conventional PCR to amplify stable double-stranded DNA fragments and assembles them into functional vectors specifically for antibody chain shuffling. We successfully formed vectors using cassettes amplified from different templates and assembled an array of single chain fragment variable clones of fixed variable heavy chain, with different variable light chains – a chain shuffling process for antibody maturation. The method provides an easy alternative to the conventional cloning process.
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