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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2017
Emory University, Atlanta, GA (US);
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Arash Grakoui, Decatur, GA (US);
Joseph Marcotrigiano, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Emory University, Atlanta, GA (US);
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to constructs useful in expressing biotinylated monomers and tetramers produced from these monomers. Specifically, the disclosure provides a construct useful in expressing biotinylated antigen monomers, said construct comprising a viral protein of an ectodomain of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) envelope glycoprotein E2 or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) gp140. Further disclosed are methods for production and use of these tetramers in identifying and isolating antigen specific B cells and cloning antibodies thereto.