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Watson JF, García-Nafría J. In vivo DNA assembly using common laboratory bacteria: A re-emerging tool to simplify molecular cloning. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:15271-15281. [PMID: 31522138 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.rev119.009109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Molecular cloning is a cornerstone of biomedical, biotechnological, and synthetic biology research. As such, improved cloning methodologies can significantly advance the speed and cost of research projects. Whereas current popular cloning approaches use in vitro assembly of DNA fragments, in vivo cloning offers potential for greater simplification. It is generally assumed that bacterial in vivo cloning requires Escherichia coli strains with enhanced recombination ability; however, this is incorrect. A widely present, bacterial RecA-independent recombination pathway is re-emerging as a powerful tool for molecular cloning and DNA assembly. This poorly understood pathway offers optimal cloning properties (i.e. seamless, directional, and sequence-independent) without requiring in vitro DNA assembly or specialized bacteria, therefore vastly simplifying cloning procedures. Although the use of this pathway to perform DNA assembly was first reported over 25 years ago, it failed to gain popularity, possibly due to both technical and circumstantial reasons. Technical limitations have now been overcome, and recent reports have demonstrated its versatility for DNA manipulation. Here, we summarize the historical trajectory of this approach and collate recent reports to provide a roadmap for its optimal use. Given the simplified protocols and minimal requirements, cloning using in vivo DNA assembly in E. coli has the potential to become widely employed across the molecular biology community.
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- Jake F Watson
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, BIFI-IQFR (CSIC), 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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Rittich B, Španová A. SPE and purification of DNA using magnetic particles. J Sep Sci 2013; 36:2472-85. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201300331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Revised: 05/13/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Bohuslav Rittich
- Faculty of Chemistry; Brno University of Technology; Brno Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Chemistry; Brno University of Technology; Brno Czech Republic
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Holmberg A, Blomstergren A, Nord O, Lukacs M, Lundeberg J, Uhlén M. The biotin-streptavidin interaction can be reversibly broken using water at elevated temperatures. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:501-10. [PMID: 15690449 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200410070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 337] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The biotin-streptavidin system is the strongest noncovalent biological interaction known, having a dissociation constant, K(d), in the order of 4x10(-14) M. The strength and specificity of the interaction has led it to be one of the most widely used affinity pairs in molecular, immunological, and cellular assays. However, it has previously been impossible to re-use any streptavidin solid support, since the conditions needed to break the interaction with biotin has led to the denaturation of the streptavidin. Here, we show that a short incubation in nonionic aqueous solutions at temperatures above 70 degrees C can efficiently break the interaction without denaturing the streptavidin tetramer. Both biotin and the streptavidin remain active after dissociation and both molecules can therefore be re-used. The efficiency of the regeneration allowed solid supports with streptavidin to be used many times, here exemplified with the multiple re-use of streptavidin beads used for sample preparation prior to automated DNA sequencing. The results suggest that streptavidin regeneration can be introduced as an improvement in existing methods and assays based on the streptavidin system as well as emerging solid phase applications in fields, such as microfluidics and nanotechnology.
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- Anders Holmberg
- Department of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
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This article describes the fabrication and characterization of a novel magnetic poly(glycidyl methacrylate-triallyl isocyanurate-divinylbenzene) matrix containing magnetite colloids. The results showed that the matrix was superparamagnetic and could be separated magnetically from a suspension in a few seconds. Protein adsorption properties of diethylamine-derivatized matrix were characterized with bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a model protein. The static capacity determined by batch adsorption was 79 mg/ml wet matrix. Kinetic study gave an effective diffusivity of BSA of 5.0 x 10(-13) m2/s in the matrix at an initial BSA concentration in the liquid phase of 1.0 mg/ml. Stability of the matrix was confirmed by recycling of the matrix in protein adsorptions.
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- Bo Xue
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, China
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Obata K, Segawa O, Yakabe M, Ishida Y, Kuroita T, Ikeda K, Kawakami B, Kawamura Y, Yohda M, Matsunaga T, Tajima H. Development of a novel method for operating magnetic particles, Magtration Technology, and its use for automating nucleic acid purification. J Biosci Bioeng 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(01)80280-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Fagerberg J, Yi Q, Gigliotti D, Harmenberg U, Rudén U, Persson B, Osterborg A, Mellstedt H. T-cell-epitope mapping of the idiotypic monoclonal IgG heavy and light chains in multiple myeloma. Int J Cancer 1999; 80:671-80. [PMID: 10048965 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19990301)80:5<671::aid-ijc7>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The idiotypic structures of the myeloma protein might be regarded as tumor-specific antigens. The present study was designed to map T-cell epitopes of the idiotypic myeloma protein to prove the existence of naturally occurring major-histocompatibility-complex-dependent idiotype (peptide)-specific T cells in multiple myeloma. The fine specificity of idiotype-reactive, interferon-gamma-producing blood T cells of a patient with multiple myeloma stage I was characterized by identification of idiotype (heavy and light chains)-derived MHC-restricted T-cell epitopes. T cells specifically reacting with peptides corresponding to each of the 3 complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) of the heavy-chain variable part (V(H)) of the autologous idiotype were found. In contrast, none of the peptides corresponding to the 3 CDRs of the light chain (V(L)) induced a specific T-cell response. The idiotype amino-acid sequence corresponding to the junction of the V(H), diversity (D), and joining (J) gene segments of the VH appeared to be an important target for T cells, since the sequence expressed MHC-class-I- as well as MHC-class-II-restricted epitopes. The study provides further support for the existence of MHC-restricted idiotype-specific T cells, which may target immunogenic CDR peptides in multiple myeloma. Such T cells could be an important part of the specific anti-tumor immune responses induced in idiotype vaccination protocols.
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- J Fagerberg
- Department of Oncology (Radiumhemmet), Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Khng HP, Cunliffe D, Davies S, Turner NA, Vulfson EN. The synthesis of sub-micron magnetic particles and their use for preparative purification of proteins. Biotechnol Bioeng 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19981120)60:4<419::aid-bit3>3.0.co;2-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Lundeberg J, Larsen F. Solid-phase technology: magnetic heads to improve nucleic acid detection and analysis. BIOTECHNOLOGY ANNUAL REVIEW 1998; 1:373-401. [PMID: 9734991 DOI: 10.1016/s1387-2656(08)70057-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- J Lundeberg
- Department of Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo
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Samuelson P, Hansson M, Ahlborg N, Andréoni C, Götz F, Bächi T, Nguyen TN, Binz H, Uhlén M, Ståhl S. Cell surface display of recombinant proteins on Staphylococcus carnosus. J Bacteriol 1995; 177:1470-6. [PMID: 7883702 PMCID: PMC176761 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.6.1470-1476.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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A novel expression system for surface display of heterologous proteins on Staphylococcus carnosus cells has been developed. Taking advantage of the promoter and secretion signals, including a propeptide region, from the lipase gene of Staphylococcus hyicus and the cell wall-spanning and membrane-binding region of protein A from Staphylococcus aureus, efficient surface display of an 80-amino-acid peptide from a malaria blood stage antigen could be achieved. A serum albumin binding protein from streptococcal protein G was used both as a general reporter molecule and to increase the accessibility of the surface-displayed proteins. Immunoblotting, immunogold staining, and immunofluorescence on intact recombinant S. carnosus cells verified the presence of the propeptide, the malaria antigen, and the albumin-binding reporter protein on the bacterial surface. For the first time, fluorescence-activated cell sorting was used to analyze the presence of surface-displayed hybrid receptors on gram-positive bacteria.
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- P Samuelson
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Weiner MP, Costa GL, Schoettlin W, Cline J, Mathur E, Bauer JC. Site-directed mutagenesis of double-stranded DNA by the polymerase chain reaction. Gene 1994; 151:119-23. [PMID: 7828859 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90641-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 363] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We have developed a facile procedure for rapid PCR-based site-directed mutagenesis of double-stranded DNA. Increasing the initial template concentration and decreasing the PCR cycles to 5-10 allows us to reduce the rate of undesired second-site mutations and dramatically increase the time savings. Following PCR, DpnI treatment is used to select against parental DNA molecules. The DpnI (target sequence 5'-Gm6ATC) is specific for methylated and hemimethylated DNA and is used to digest parental DNA and select for mutation-containing amplified DNA. DNA isolated from almost all common Escherichia coli strains is Dam methylated and therefore susceptible to DpnI digestion. Pfu DNA polymerase is used, prior to intramolecular ligation of the linear template, to remove any bases extended onto the 3' ends of the PCR product by Taq DNA polymerase. The recircularized vector DNA incorporating the desired mutations is transformed into E. coli. This method can be used independently of any host strain and vector.
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- M P Weiner
- Stratagene Cloning Systems, La Jolla, CA 92037
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A solid-phase method is described to create subclones, suitable for DNA sequencing, from lambda or cosmid libraries. The purified target DNA is sonicated and two linkers, with one oligonucleotide biotinylated in the 5'-end, are ligated to the ends of the fragments produced by sonication. After size separation, the fragments are immobilised onto a solid support and the non-biotinylated strand of each immobilised fragment is eluted. In this way, a library of single-stranded fragments is obtained. All fragments contain 'universal' flanking sequences of 22 bases introduced by the linker ligation. These flanking sequences can subsequently be used for solid-phase cloning into a single-stranded vector containing the complementary sequences. Thus, cloning can be achieved without the use of ligase or restriction enzymes. The resulting subclones are used for direct solid-phase sequencing and the immobilised strand can be used to selectively remove homologous DNA from the library of single-stranded fragments. Thus, a sublibrary of non-sequenced fragments can be created. Here, we show that a library of clones, suitable for direct solid-phase sequencing, can be obtained starting with lambda DNA. The efficiency of selective hybridisation of homologous and non-homologous fragments was investigated. The possibility of using this approach for automated cloning strategies for large-scale genomic and cDNA sequencing is discussed.
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- T Hultman
- Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Biochemistry, Stockholm, Sweden
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Bicknell DC, Rowan A, Bodmer WF. Beta 2-microglobulin gene mutations: a study of established colorectal cell lines and fresh tumors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:4751-5. [PMID: 8197130 PMCID: PMC43866 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.11.4751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The technique of single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) was used to screen a series of 37 established colorectal cell lines, 22 fresh tumor samples, and 22 normal DNA samples for mutations in the beta 2-microglobulin gene. Exon 1 (including the leader peptide sequence) and exon 2 were screened separately. Six of 37 colorectal cell lines and 1 of 22 fresh tumors were shown to contain mutations, whereas no mutations were detected in the normal DNA samples. Sequencing of these mutations showed that an 8-bp CT repeat in the leader peptide sequence was particularly variable, since 3 of the cell lines and one fresh tumor sample have deletions in this region. In the related cell lines, DLD-1 and HCT-15, two similar mutations were identified, a C-->A substitution in codon 10 and a G-->T mutation in the splice sequence of intron 1. Expression of beta 2-microglobulin was examined using a series of monoclonal antibodies in an ELISA system. Reduced expression correlated with a mutation in one allele of beta 2-microglobulin, whereas loss of expression was seen in instances where a line was homozygous for a mutation or heterozygous for two mutations.
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- D C Bicknell
- Cancer Immunology Laboratory, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Weiner MP, Felts KA, Simcox TG, Braman JC. A method for the site-directed mono- and multi-mutagenesis of double-stranded DNA. Gene 1993; 126:35-41. [PMID: 8472960 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(93)90587-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A general solid-phase method for the site-directed mutagenesis of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) is described. Plasmid DNA is linearized using either a restriction endonuclease (ENase) or the RecA-assisted ENase or RecA-AC cleavage method. Alternatively, PCR may be used to generate linear dsDNA. One or both strands of the DNA is biotinylated and attached to a solid support, and the DNA strands are separated using 0.2 M NaOH. An extension oligodeoxyribonucleotide (oligo) and a single or multiple oligo(s) containing the desired mutation(s) are annealed to one of the bound DNA strands and used to initiate the synthesis of a complementary strand by a nonstrand-displacing DNA polymerase. The in vitro synthesized strand incorporating the desired alteration(s) is melted off of the support and recircularized using one of several types of bridging oligos, DNA ligase, and a DNA polymerase and transformed into the host. Greater than 90% mutagenic efficiency has been obtained using this method.
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- M P Weiner
- Stratagene Cloning Systems, La Jolla, CA 92037
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Scarlatti G, Leitner T, Halapi E, Wahlberg J, Marchisio P, Clerici-Schoeller MA, Wigzell H, Fenyö EM, Albert J, Uhlén M. Comparison of variable region 3 sequences of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 from infected children with the RNA and DNA sequences of the virus populations of their mothers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:1721-5. [PMID: 8446584 PMCID: PMC45951 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.5.1721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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We have compared the variable region 3 sequences from 10 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected infants to virus sequences from the corresponding mothers. The sequences were derived from DNA of uncultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), DNA of cultured PBMC, and RNA from serum collected at or shortly after delivery. The infected infants, in contrast to the mothers, harbored homogeneous virus populations. Comparison of sequences from the children and clones derived from DNA of the corresponding mothers showed that the transmitted virus represented either a minor or a major virus population of the mother. In contrast to an earlier study, we found no evidence of selection of minor virus variants during transmission. Furthermore, the transmitted virus variant did not show any characteristic molecular features. In some cases the transmitted virus was more related to the virus RNA population of the mother and in other cases it was more related to the virus DNA population. This suggests that either cell-free or cell-associated virus may be transmitted. These data will help AIDS researchers to understand the mechanism of transmission and to plan strategies for prevention of transmission.
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- G Scarlatti
- Department of Virology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Wahlberg J, Holmberg A, Bergh S, Hultman T, Uhlén M. Automated magnetic preparation of DNA templates for solid phase sequencing. Electrophoresis 1992; 13:547-51. [PMID: 1451691 DOI: 10.1002/elps.11501301112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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An integrated protocol for solid-phase DNA sequencing using a robotic work station is described involving magnetic separation of DNA and analysis of the sequencing product by electrophoresis with automated detection of the fluorescently labeled fragments. The method, which is based on magnetic beads in combination with streptavidin-biotin technology, can be used for sequencing both genomic and plasmid DNA. The DNA template is obtained by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Protocols to prepare five and ten immobilized samples is described, giving 10 and 20 single-stranded templates, respectively. The magnetic purification steps are performed in a microtiter plate and this allows for an integrated scheme involving a subsequent procedure for automated primer annealing and sequencing reactions. Here, the procedure is examplified by direct genomic sequencing of DNA in blood sample from a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patient and a cloned human antibody DNA fragment using fluorescently labeled sequencing primers.
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- J Wahlberg
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hansson M, Ståhl S, Nguyen TN, Bächi T, Robert A, Binz H, Sjölander A, Uhlén M. Expression of recombinant proteins on the surface of the coagulase-negative bacterium Staphylococcus xylosus. J Bacteriol 1992; 174:4239-45. [PMID: 1624418 PMCID: PMC206206 DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.13.4239-4245.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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An expression system to allow targeting of heterologous proteins to the cell surface of Staphylococcus xylosus, a coagulase-negative gram-positive bacterium, is described. The expression of recombinant gene fragments, fused between gene fragments encoding the signal peptide and the cell surface-binding regions of staphylococcal protein A, targets the resulting fusion proteins to the outer bacterial cell surface via the membrane-anchoring region and the highly charged cell wall-spanning region of staphylococcal protein A. The expression system was used to secrete fusion proteins containing sequences from a malaria blood-stage antigen and a streptococcal albumin-binding receptor to the cell surface of S. xylosus. Analysis of the recombinant cells by immunogold staining and immunofluorescence revealed that both the receptor and the malaria peptide were properly processed and exposed on the surface of the host cells. However, only approximately 40 to 50% of the recombinant cells were strongly stained with antiserum reactive with the albumin-binding receptor, while approximately 10 to 15% of the cells were stained with antiserum reactive with the malaria peptide. The incomplete staining of some of the cells suggests steric effects that make the recombinant fusion proteins inaccessible to the reactive antibodies because of variable cell wall structures. However, the results demonstrate for the first time that recombinant techniques can be used to express heterologous receptors and immunogens on the surface of gram-positive cells.
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- M Hansson
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Ugelstad J, Berge A, Ellingsen T, Schmid R, Nilsen TN, Mørk P, Stenstad P, Hornes E, Olsvik Ø. Preparation and application of new monosized polymer particles. Prog Polym Sci 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0079-6700(92)90017-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 325] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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This review outlines recent advances in the application of molecular biological techniques to the study of protein structure and function. The chapter is divided into four main sections: methods for oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis; mutational strategies for identifying functional residues and domains; systems for expression; and future developments. Few new methods were reported in 1990; however, a number of the papers that appeared represent refinements of previously reported strategies. This review is also published in Current Opinion in Structural Biology 1991, 1:605-610.
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- M J Zoller
- Department of Protein Engineering, Genentech, South San Francisco, California 94080
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