title: Expression of a recombinant monoclonal antibody from a bicistronic mRNA.
abstract: The variable regions of the murine monoclonal antibody A1, which effectively neutralizes the infection of susceptible cells by the murine hepatitis virus strain JHM, were cloned, sequenced, and expressed in mammalian cells as a functional recombinant antibody. To accomplish the concurrent synthesis of both antibody chains, the light- and heavy-chain-coding regions were inserted into a bicistronic expression cassette based on the encephalomyocarditis virus internal ribosomal entry site. The strategy of combining both coding regions in one bicistronic mRNA allows for the rapid isolation of cell clones expressing high levels of recombinant antibody.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Kolb
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Siddell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000235:genetics*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006524:Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D006517:Murine hepatitis virus; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins