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Parallelized Antibody Selection in Microtiter Plates

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Phage Display

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The most common in vitro technology to generate human antibodies is phage display. This technology is a key technology to select recombinant antibodies for the use as research tools, in diagnostic tests, and for the development of therapeutics.

In this review, the high-throughput compatible selection of antibodies (scFv) in microtiter plates is described. The given detailed protocols allow the antibody selection (“panning”), screening and identification of monoclonal antibodies in less than 1 week.

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This review is an updated and revised version of [9].

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Russo, G. et al. (2018). Parallelized Antibody Selection in Microtiter Plates. In: Hust, M., Lim, T. (eds) Phage Display. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1701. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7447-4_14

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