Elsevier

Gene

Volume 73, Issue 2, 20 December 1988, Pages 305-318
Gene

Antibody-selectable filamentous fd phage vectors: affinity purification of target genes

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Abstract

Foreign DNA fragments can be inserted into a minor coat protein gene of filamentous phage, creating a fusion protein that is incorporated into the virion; we call these particles “fusion phage”. The foreign amino acids are displayed on the surface, allowing fusion phage bearing antigenic determinants from a target gene to be purified in infectious form by affinity to antibody directed against the gene product. Here we introduce fusion-phage vectors that accept foreign DNA inserts with little effect on phage function; and describe affinity purification of virions bearing a target determinant from a 108-fold excess of phage not bearing the determinant, using minute amounts of antibody. These “antibody-selectable” vectors are a promising alternative to conventional expression systems for using antibodies to clone genes, though the ability to isolate rare clones from actual libraries remains to be demonstrated.

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