摘要:
The present invention relates to biologically active polypeptides linked to one or more accessory polypeptides. The present invention also provides recombinant polypeptides including vectors encoding the subject proteinaceous entities, as well as host cells comprising the vectors. The subject compositions have a variety of utilities including a range of pharmaceutical applications.
摘要:
The present invention provides targeted enzymes that bind to targets better than the corresponding pre-targeted enzymes bind the target under like conditions, methods of making targeted enzymes, methods of using targeted enzymes to treat diseases, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising targeted enzymes.
摘要:
The present invention provides methods for directing the evolution of microorganisms comprising the use of mutator genes and growth under conditions of selective pressure. The method discloses mutator genes which can be used in the methods of the present invention and provides ATCC deposits which exemplify the evolved microorganisms produced by the methods.
摘要:
The present invention provides targeted enzymes that bind to targets better than the corresponding pre-targeted enzymes bind the target under like conditions, methods of making targeted enzymes, methods of using targeted enzymes to treat diseases, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising targeted enzymes.
摘要:
Methods of creating libraries of biological polymers are provided. The construction of a library employs a probability matrix for a reference sequence, and a constraint vector for which is applied to the probability matrix to produce a substitution scheme. The substitution scheme is then used to generate a library comprising substitutions recommended by the substitution scheme. The library members, or host cells comprising and/or expressing them, can be screened for desired changes in a property of interest in the biological polymers in the library.
摘要:
The present invention provides cysteine-containing scaffolds and/or proteins, expression vectors, host cell and display systems harboring and/or expressing such cysteine-containing products. The present invention also provides methods of designing libraries of such products, methods of screening such libraries to yield entities exhibiting binding specificities towards a target molecule. Further provided by the invention are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the cysteine-containing products of the present invention.
摘要:
The present invention provides methods and compositions for milieu-dependent binding of a targeted agent to a target, for example, for the milieu-dependent binding of a diagnostic or therapeutic molecule to a diseased, injured or infected organ, tissue or cell.
摘要:
A method for holding samples for analysis and an apparatus thereof includes a testing plate with a pair of opposing surfaces and a plurality of holes. Each of the holes extends from one of the opposing surfaces to the other one of the opposing surfaces. The holes are arranged in groups, where each group has at least two rows and two columns of holes. The groups are arranged in sets, where each set has at least two rows and two columns of groups. To analyze samples, at least one of the opposing surfaces of the testing plate is immersed in a solution to be analyzed. A portion of the solution enters openings for each of the holes in the immersed opposing surface. Once the holes are filled with solution, the testing plate is removed and is held above a supporting surface. Surface tension holds the solution in each of the holes. The solution in one or more of the holes is then analyzed and the solution in one of these holes is identified for further study. The location of the identified solution is marked based upon its location within a particular set and group of holes.
摘要:
A method is provided for screening microorganisms having a selectable characteristic comprising: (a) providing a growth chamber capable of forming a plurality of discrete compartments, said compartments comprising a barrier which inhibits the diffusion of metabolites or nutrients between said compartments within said growth chamber; (b) preparing a growth medium which, by its lack of or addition of one or more metabolites or nutrients, preferentially facilitates growth of microorganisms exhibiting said selectable characteristic from microorganisms which do not exhibit said selectable characteristic; (c) inoculating said growth medium with a plurality of microorganisms, a portion of which comprise said selectable characteristic; (d) placing said inoculated growth medium into said growth chamber so as to randomly disperse said microorganisms among discrete compartments in said growth chamber; and (e) incubating said growth chamber for a suitable time and under suitable conditions to obtain a detectable disparity of growth between microorganisms having said selectable characteristic and microorganisms lacking said selectable characteristic.