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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1998
Kevin Stuart Johnson, Cambridge, GB;
Gregory Paul Winter, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew David Griffiths, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew John Smith, Cambridge, GB;
Peter Michael Waterhouse, Canberra, AU;
Cambridge Antibody Technology, Ltd., Cambridgeshire, GB;
Medical Research Council, London, GB;
Abstract
Methods, recombinant host cells and kits are disclosed for the production of members of specific binding pairs (sbp), e.g. antibodies, using display on the surface of secreted replicable genetic display packages (rgdps), e.g. filamentous phage. To produce a library of great diversity, recombination occurs between first and second vectors comprising nucleic acid encoding first and second polypeptide chains of sbp members respectively, thereby producing recombinant vectors each encoding both a first and a second polypeptide chain component of an sbp member. The recombination may take place in vitro or intracellularly and may be site-specific, e.g. involving use of the loxP sequence and mutants thereof. Recombination may take place after prior screening or selecting for rgdps displaying sbp members which bind complementary sbp member of interest.