title: Microbead display by in vitro compartmentalisation: selection for binding using flow cytometry.
abstract: In vitro compartmentalisation in an emulsion was used to physically link proteins to the DNA that encodes them via microbeads. These microbeads can be selected for catalysis, or, as demonstrated here, for binding. Genes encoding a peptide containing an epitope (haemagglutinin) were enriched to near purity from a 10(6)-fold excess of genes encoding a different peptide by two rounds of selection using flow cytometry, indicating approximately 1000-fold enrichment per round. Single beads can be isolated using flow sorting and the single gene on the bead amplified by polymerase chain reaction. Hence, the entire process can be performed completely in vitro.
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, MRC Centre, Hills Road, CB2 2QH, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sepp
authors.forename: Dan S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Tawfik
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002469:Cell Separation; D000939:Epitopes; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods*; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008024:Ligands; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D006388:Hemagglutinins; D008024:Ligands; D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides