摘要:
Provided are viral display vehicles which display multiple sclerosis associated antigens on the surface thereof for induction of immune tolerance to autoantigens such as MOG. Also provided are methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating multiple sclerosis using the viral display vehicles of the present invention.
摘要:
This invention relates to a method for enhancing the production of biologically active proteins and peptides in bacterial cells by infecting bacterial cells of the producer strain, which contain a plasmid with one or more targeted genes, with bacteriophage μ with or without the targeted gene(s). The targeted genes encoding the biologically active proteins are under the control of a T7 polymerase promoter and the bacteria also are capable of expressing the gene for T7 RNA polymerase. The phage increases synthesis of the targeted protein and induces lysis of the producer strain cells. Super-production is achieved by the combination of the high level of expression achieved from the T7 polymerase promoter and by cultivating the producer strain cells under culture conditions that delay lytic development of the phage. The biologically active proteins and peptides subsequently accumulate in a soluble form in the culture medium as the cells of the producer strain are lysed by the phage.
摘要:
A member of a specific binding pair (sbp) is identified by expressing DNA encoding a genetically diverse population of such sbp members in recombinant host cells in which the sbp members are displayed.in functional form at the surface of a secreted recombinant genetic display package (rgdp) containing DNA encoding the sbp member or a polypeptide component thereof, by virtue of the sbp member or a polypeptide component thereof being expressed as a fusion with a capsid component of the rgdp. The displayed sbps may be selected by affinity with a complementary sbp member, and the DNA recovered from selected rgdps for expression of the selected sbp members. Antibody sbp members may be thus obtained, with the different chains thereof expressed, one fused to the capsid component and the other in free form for association with the fusion partner polypeptide. A phagemid may be used as an expression vector, with said capsid fusion helping to package the phagemid DNA. Using this method libraries of DNA encoding respective chains of such multimeric sbp members may be combined, thereby obtaining a much greater genetic diversity in the sbp members than could easily be obtained by conventional methods.
摘要:
A member of a specific binding pair (sbp) is identified by expressing DNA encoding a genetically diverse population of such sbp members in recombinant host cells in which the sbp members are displayed.in functional form at the surface of a secreted recombinant genetic display package (rgdp) containing DNA encoding the sbp member or a polypeptide component thereof, by virtue of the sbp member or a polypeptide component thereof being expressed as a fusion with a capsid component of the rgdp. The displayed sbps may be selected by affinity with a complementary sbp member, and the DNA recovered from selected rgdps for expression of the selected sbp members. Antibody sbp members may be thus obtained, with the different chains thereof expressed, one fused to the capsid component and the other in free form for association with the fusion partner polypeptide. A phagemid may be used as an expression vector, with said capsid fusion helping to package the phagemid DNA. Using this method libraries of DNA encoding respective chains of such multimeric sbp members may be combined, thereby obtaining a much greater genetic diversity in the sbp members than could easily be obtained by conventional methods.
摘要:
The invention relates to a regulation system for inducible expression of genes, comprising a lambdoid promoter, a gene coding for a repressor for the lambdoid promotor and a gene coding for an antirepressor of the repressor, which antirepressor is under the influence of an inducible promotor. The invention further relates to a regulatory replicon, comprising said gene coding for an antirepressor, an expression system, comprising said regulatory replicon, and an expression vector based on a lambdoid promotor, and also to a method for producing a gene product in a heterologous host, by providing a culture of a host comprising a heterologous sequence which codes for the gene product, wherein the expression of the heterologous sequence is under the control of a regulation system, a gene coding for a repressor for the lambdoid promotor and a gene coding for an antirepressor, and by inducing the promotor of the antirepressor gene.
摘要:
A method for selecting a binding partner for a selector protein from among a library of proteins, comprises screening the library with a microorganism transformed such that it expresses the selector protein on its surface. By this method, an antibody recognising a protein can be isolated without more than partial knowledge of the encoding gene.
摘要:
A member of a specific binding pair (sbp) is identified by expressing DNA encoding a genetically diverse population of such sbp members in recombinant host cells in which the sbp members are displayed in functional form at the surface of a secreted recombinant genetic display package (rgdp) containing DNA encoding the sbp member or a polypeptide component thereof, by virtue of the sbp member or a polypeptide component thereof being expressed as a fusion with a capsid component of the rgdp. The displayed sbps may be selected by affinity with a complementary sbp member, and the DNA recovered from selected rgdps for expression of the selected sbp members. Antibody sbp members may be thus obtained, with the different chains thereof expressed, one fused to the capsid component and the other in free form for association with the fusion partner polypeptide. A phagemid may be used as an expression vector, with said capsid fusion helping to package the phagemid DNA. Using this method libraries of DNA encoding respective chains of such multimeric sbp members may be combined, thereby obtaining a much greater genetic diversity in the sbp members than could easily be obtained by conventional methods.
摘要:
A rapid, simple and inexpensive method to screen and classify proteins as partners of heterodimeric proteins is described which utilizes fusion protein constructs containing a DNA binding domain and a dimerization domain from a different protein. According to the method of the invention, heterodimer formation is detected by the ability of the protein partner to displace homodimer formation, and thus reveal a phenotypic change in a bacterial host which was dependent upon maintenance of the homodimer configuration. The method of the invention may be used to identify compounds of interest which inhibit such heterodimer formation, and especially to identify compounds which prevent heterodimer formation and activation of oncogenic transcriptional regulatory proteins.