SBIR/STTR Research Award
ANALYSIS OF THE IMMUNOGLOBULIN HYPERMUTATOR MECHANISM
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- STRATAGENE
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP AN ASSAY THAT CAN BE UTILIZED BOTH IN VIVO AND IN VITRO FOR RAPIDLY MONITORING HYPERSOMATIC MUTATION EVENTS WITHIN IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENES. THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH AN ASSAY IS ESSENTIAL FOR CHARACTERIZING THE ANTIBODY MUTATOR ACTIVITY AND DETERMINING WHICH FACTORS MODULATE ITS ACTIVITY. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IN VITRO SYSTEM FOR AFFINITY MATURATION OF LOW AFFINITY ANTIBODIES.
Technology keywords
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