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Application of phage display to high throughput antibody generation and characterization

Darren J Schofield1, Anthony R Pope2, Veronica Clementel3, Jenny Buckell4, Susan DJ Chapple2, Kay F Clarke2, Jennie S Conquer5, Anna M Crofts2, Sandra RE Crowther2, Michael R Dyson6, Gillian Flack7, Gareth J Griffin2, Yvette Hooks2, William J Howat8, Anja Kolb-Kokocinski2, Susan Kunze3, Cecile D Martin9, Gareth L Maslen2, Joanne N Mitchell8, Maureen O'Sullivan10, Rajika L Perera9, Wendy Roake2, S Paul Shadbolt2, Karen J Vincent11, Anthony Warford12, Wendy E Wilson2, Jane Xie2, Joyce L Young3 and John McCafferty6*

Author Affiliations

1 Abcam Ltd, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 0FW, UK

2 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1HH, UK

3 Cambridge Antibody Technology, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK

4 Cancer Research UK, Research Monoclonal Antibody Services, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK

5 Molecular Products Ltd, Thaxted CM6 2LT, UK

6 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK

7 Cellular Histopathology Department, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Bedford MK42 9DJ, UK

8 Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK

9 GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Research Center, Stevenage SG1 2NY, UK

10 Genzyme Therapeutics Ltd, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge CB4 0WG, UK

11 Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Discovery Technologies, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland

12 Astra Zeneca Innovation Centre China, Shanghai, 200041, China

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Genome Biology 2007, 8:R254 doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-11-r254

Published: 29 November 2007

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Additional data file 1:

All 406 antigens used in antibody selection and the number of unique antibodies generated.

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Median fluorescent intensities of antigen beads as plotted in Figure 5.

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Description of staining profiles supported by multiple antibodies in immunohistochemistry.

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Additional data file 4:

Construction and rescue of the 'McCafferty' antibody phage display library

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