AN IMMORTALIZED MAMMAL HYBRIDOMA FUSION PARTNER

摘要

Novel methods are provided for producing fusion partners for the production of specific binding proteins, particularly immunoglobulins. Nuclei of fertilized ova are microinjected with an oncogene to express specifically in lymphoid cells (i.e., lymphoid specific) and the embryos are then implanted in appropriate hosts. The newborns are maintained to sexual maturity and are either mated with hosts that developed from embryos that had been microinjected with a different lymphoid-specific oncogene or their fertilized eggs are microinjected with another oncogene specific for lymphoid cells. The immortalized lymphoid cells that develop in these animals may be genetically altered and used as fusion partners to produce hybridomas for the production of monoclonal antibodies.