Four-way ligation for construction of a mammalian cell-based full-length antibody display library

Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai). 2011 Mar;43(3):232-8. doi: 10.1093/abbs/gmq126. Epub 2011 Jan 21.

Abstract

A unique four-way ligation strategy was developed for rapid construction of a full-length antibody library. A mammalian expression vector was constructed that contained dual mammalian expression cassettes and sequences recognized by the unique restriction enzymes BsmBI, BstXI, and SfiI. Both full-length light-chain and variable domain of heavy-chain genes were inserted into the vector in one step by four-way ligation, and full-length bivalent antibodies were displayed on mammalian cell surfaces. Using this strategy, only 2 weeks were required to successfully construct high-quality, full-length human antibody libraries.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies / genetics*
  • Antibodies / metabolism
  • Base Sequence / genetics
  • Cell Line
  • Cricetinae
  • Gene Library*
  • Genetic Vectors / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Transfection / methods*

Substances

  • Antibodies