Antigen coating on polystyrene is prevented by detergent. We present here a simple procedure to coat detergent-solubilized antigen for subsequent panning selection of single-chain Fv (scFv), the target antigen of which was the hepatitis C virus (HCV) non-structural protein (NS) 4B, an integral membrane protein.
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