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Protein Arrays From cDNA Expression Libraries
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This chapter describes the production of a cDNA expression library from human fetal brain, the construction of a high-density protein array from such a library, and two applications to screen the array for binding proteins. After producing the library and decollating the expression clones, one can pick thousands of expression clones with a laboratory robot and can deposit them into microtiter plates in an ordered manner. Such ordered clone libraries are the starting material for the construction of a high-density protein array. This array is constructed by spotting the expression clones onto a protein-binding membrane. Following cell growth and induction of protein expression on the membrane, the cell spots are lysed and their recombinant protein immobilized on the membrane. The so-constructed array carries thousands of proteins without the need to clone, express, and spot individual proteins. Such arrays allow one to screen for numerous protein functions in a high-throughput manner.
Affiliation(s): (2) Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology  |  Volume: 264  |  Pub. Date: Apr-09-2004  |  Page Range: 1-13  |  DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-759-9:001
Subject:  Protein Science
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