DIRECT SCREENING METHOD

摘要

The invention concerns a method for screening a repertoire of polypeptides to identify one or more members thereof which interact with one or more target molecules, comprising: a) immobilising the target molecule(s) on a support; b) arranging a plurality of nucleic acid molecules encoding the repertoire of polypeptides in an array; c) juxtaposing the target molecule(s) and the arrayed nucleic acid molecules; d) expressing the arrayed nucleic acid molecules to produce the polypeptides such that said polypeptides come into contact with the target molecule(s) on the support and a subset of the polypeptides interacts with the target molecules; and e) detecting the interaction of the polypeptides with the target molecules on the support. The invention also provides a high density antibody array consisting of thousands of different polypeptide features, spatially arranged on a solid support for screening against different target ligands.