title: Bacteriophage cloning and Escherichia coli expression of a human IgM Fab.
abstract: We have combined the molecular biology methods of the polymerase chain reaction and recombinant DNA cloning in bacteriophage lambda to express a human IgM Fab in Escherichia coli using genes derived from an Epstein-Barr virus transformed cell line. This method comprises three cDNA amplifications and a single cloning step, culminating in the stable overexpression of mammalian heterodimeric recombinant protein in a prokaryotic host.
authors.affiliation: Stratacyte Corporation, La Jolla, CA 92037.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Hay
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sorge
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shopes
mesh_terms: D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000235:genetics*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D004247:DNA