Plasmid-based Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies: What They Are and Why You Should Be Excited About Them
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Blog Post
Published
May 4, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
...hybridoma cell lines can produce more than one mAb (Bradbury et al., 2018). Hybridomas can lose gene expression...into a fully functional antibody. These antibodies can be used just as you would use antibodies made from...purified antibodies from a patient’s blood), scientists can use mass spectrometry to determine the amino acid...from an established hybridoma line, the antibody can be converted into recombinant form through DNA sequencing...2010; Andrews et al., 2019). Finally, scientists can perform the entire process of antibody selection ...been cloned into an expression plasmid, the plasmid can be introduced into host cells, such as bacterial,...engineer them. Given the ease with which scientists can now improve genetically-encoded research tools, it...