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ArticleJournal, genetic engineering & biotechnology2021

Solubility assessment of single-chain antibody fragment against epithelial cell adhesion molecule extracellular domain in four Escherichia coli strains.

Fatemeh Sadat Javadian, Majid Basafa, Aidin Behravan, Atieh Hashemi

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Article in Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fatemeh Sadat Javadian *Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, ValiAsr Avenue, Niayesh Junction, PO Box 14155-6153, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1166-8124
Majid Basafa *Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, ValiAsr Avenue, Niayesh Junction, PO Box 14155-6153, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3153-4235
Aidin BehravanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, ValiAsr Avenue, Niayesh Junction, PO Box 14155-6153, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7218-4262
Atieh HashemiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, ValiAsr Avenue, Niayesh Junction, PO Box 14155-6153, Tehran, Iran. At_hashemi@sbmu.ac.ir.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7121-5306
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Beheshti University · IR

Funding

the Protein Technology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences IR.SBMU.PHARMACY.REC.1398.310
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOverexpression of the EpCAM (epithelial cell adhesion molecule) in malignancies makes it an attractive target for passive immunotherapy in a wide range of carcinomas. In comparison with full-length antibodies, due to the small size, the scFvs (single-chain variable fragments) are more suitable for recombinant expression in E. coli (Escherichia coli). However, the proteins expressed in large amounts in E. coli tend to form inclusion bodies that need to be refolded which may result in poor recovery of bioactive proteins. Various engineered strains were shown to be able to alleviate the insolubility problem. Here, we studied the impact of four E. coli strains on the soluble level of anti-EpEX-scFv (anti-EpCAM extracellular domain-scFv) protein.

resultsAlthough results showed that the amount of soluble anti-EpEX-scFv obtained in BL21

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E. coliEpCAM (epithelial cell adhesion molecule)scFv (single-chain variable fragment)Solubility

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