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. 1997 Nov 15;25(22):4690–4691. doi: 10.1093/nar/25.22.4690

Construction of a semisynthetic antibody library using trinucleotide oligos.

M Braunagel 1, M Little 1
PMCID: PMC147064  PMID: 9358184

Abstract

A semisynthetic antibody library composed of single chain Fv fragments (scFv) was constructed by replacing the heavy chain CDR3 region of a human scFv by a random sequence of eight amino acids using trinucleotide codons. After cloning into a phage display vector, an antibody library was generated with a complexity of 8 x 10(8) independent clones. The library was screened for binders to dinitrophenol, fluorescein isothiocyanate and 3-nitro-4-hydroxy-5-iodophenylacetic acid. scFv antibodies that specifically bound the antigen were obtained in each case.

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