Antibody Engineering

• 1. Construction and use of antibody gene repertoires ; 2. Affinity maturation of antibodies using phage display ; 3. Human antibody repertoires in transgenic mice: manupulation and transfer of YACs ; 4. Measuring antibody affinities in solution ; 5. Measuring antibody affinities using Bio-sensors ; 6. Analysis of human antibody sequences ; 7. Rodent to human antibodies by CDR grafting ; 8. Rodent to human antibodies by phage display ; 9. Choosing and manipulating effector functions ; 10. Secretion and purification of antibody fragments expressed in bacteria ; 11. Production of single chain Fv monomers and multimers ; 12. Expression of immunoglobulin genes in mammalian cells ; 13. In vitro linkage of antibody fragments into dimeric and multimeric forms

This book is very useful for practising antibody engineers, providing extra information that enables them to adopt new techniques or expand into new areas. ... this is a useful and interesting resource for practising antibody engineers and I will make sure my students have access to it.