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Methods of optimizing antibody variable region binding affinity

US7175996B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 13, 2000
Grant dateFeb 13, 2007
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07K2317/92
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to compositions and methods of producing higher affinity molecules, and in particular, higher affinity antibodies. Specifically, the invention contemplates methods of mutagenesis to create a population of oligonucleotides coding for altered polypeptides that are expressed in a host cell and subsequently sequenced to determine the amino acid determinants conferring higher affinity.

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