A One-Step Process for the Construction of Phage Display scFv and VHH Libraries

Abstract

In this work we present a one-step cloning approach for the establishment of antibody phage display libraries relying on type IIs restriction enzymes. We show that single chain variable fragment (scFv) libraries with adequate qualities can readily be cloned in a 'scar-less' manner and that the isolation of antigen-specific antibodies from immunized chickens is feasible within three selection rounds. Moreover, we demonstrate the general applicability of this method by rapidly constructing and panning VHH single domain antibody phage display libraries from immunized Llama repertoires.

Keywords: Antibody; Golden gate cloning; Phage display; Single domain antibody; Type IIs enzyme; VHH; scFv.