Cloning of recombinant monoclonal antibodies from hybridomas in a single mammalian expression plasmid.

Antibodies are an integral part of biological and medical research. In addition, immunoglobulins are used in many diagnostic tests and are becoming increasingly important in the therapy of diseases. To express antibodies recombinantly, the immunoglobulin heavy and light chains are usually cloned into two different expression plasmids. Here, we describe a method for recombinant antibody expression from a single plasmid.