Method for detecting protein that interacts with target substance

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for detecting an interaction, which method can solve not only the problem of false negatives but also the problem of false positives. This method is a method for detecting a protein(s) that interact(s) with a target substance(s), the method comprising repeating a (1) transcription step, (2) assignment step, (3) selection step, and (4) amplification step, wherein: (a) in each of a plurality of times of preparation of a cDNA library among the initial preparation of a cDNA library and the round(s) of preparation of a cDNA library in the later amplification step(s), the cDNA library is prepared using a primer(s) having a sequence(s) specific to the time of preparation; (b) the cDNA libraries prepared using the primers having sequences specific to the times of preparation are mixed, and sequences in the cDNA library mixture are determined; (c) the determined sequences are subjected to measurement of the number(s) of molecules encoding the same candidate protein(s) for each time of preparation based on the sequence(s) specific to the time of preparation; and (d) a candidate protein(s) encoded by a molecule(s) that significantly increase(s) as the preparation rounds proceed is/are detected as the protein(s) that interact(s) with the target substance(s).