Method and means for sorting and identifying biological information
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1. A population of recombinant vectors comprising:
- autonomously replicating nucleic acid sequences which nucleic acid sequences comprise a recombinant structural gene, each of the structural genes comprising an insert containing one member of an oligonucleotide population,said oligonucleotide population comprising oligonucleotides comprising a coding region consisting of a length from about 4 to about 12 nucleotide triplets, said oligonucleotide population encoding a plurality of corresponding random peptide sequences of from about 4 to about 12 L-amino acid residues, andwherein said recombinant structural genes are expressed upon transfer of said recombinant vectors into Escherichia coli host cells, and wherein expression of the recombinant structural genes yields polypeptides, each polypeptide comprising one of said plurality of corresponding random peptide sequences.
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In one aspect the invention discloses a matrix comprising a discrete population of random oligopeptides of the same length, the length being selected from about 4 to about 12 L-amino acid residues, the population comprising at least 10% of all amino acid sequences of the selected length; and a heterogeneous population of antibodies comprising antibodies capable of binding to substantially every member of the oligopeptide population.
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1. A population of recombinant vectors comprising:
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autonomously replicating nucleic acid sequences which nucleic acid sequences comprise a recombinant structural gene, each of the structural genes comprising an insert containing one member of an oligonucleotide population, said oligonucleotide population comprising oligonucleotides comprising a coding region consisting of a length from about 4 to about 12 nucleotide triplets, said oligonucleotide population encoding a plurality of corresponding random peptide sequences of from about 4 to about 12 L-amino acid residues, and wherein said recombinant structural genes are expressed upon transfer of said recombinant vectors into Escherichia coli host cells, and wherein expression of the recombinant structural genes yields polypeptides, each polypeptide comprising one of said plurality of corresponding random peptide sequences. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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10. A population of oligonucleotides comprising double-stranded oligonucleotides comprising coding regions consisting of a length of from about 4 to about 12 nucleotide triplets, said coding regions encoding a plurality of peptide sequences of from about 4 to about 12 L-amino acid residues, said oligonucleotides also comprising 5'"'"' and 3'"'"' flanking sequences that permit said oligonucleotides to be ligated into a vector,
and wherein the sum of said peptide sequences represents at least about 10% of all possible peptide sequences of said length.
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23. A method of producing a population of epitopic peptide sequences, comprising the steps of:
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providing a population of recombinant E. coli cells, each of said cells containing at least one member of a recombinant vector population, each member of said vector population comprising substantially identical autonomously replicating nucleic acid sequences, said nucleic acid sequences comprising a recombinant structural gene, each structural gene having inserted therein one member of an oligonucleotide population wherein each member of said oligonucleotide population has a coding region having a length from about 4 to about 12 nucleotide triplets that encodes a corresponding epitopic peptide sequence of from about 4 to about 12 L-amino acid residues, and wherein each member of said oligonucleotide population is contained in said recombinant vector population and wherein the sum of said corresponding epitopic peptide sequences represents substantially all possible peptide sequences of said length; and culturing said recombinant E. coli cells to allow expression of said recombinant structural genes such that said epitopic peptide sequences are accessible to antibody recognition.
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24. A population of recombinant vectors comprising:
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substantially identical autonomously replicating nucleic acid sequences comprising a recombinant structural gene, each structural gene having inserted therein a member of an oligonucleotide population, wherein each member of said oligonucleotide population has a coding region having a length from about 4 to about 12 nucleotide triplets that encodes a corresponding peptide sequence of from about 4 to about 12 L-amino acid residues, and wherein the sum of corresponding peptide sequences encoded by said oligonucleotide population represents at least about 10% of all possible peptide sequences of said length, and wherein each member of said oligonucleotide population is contained in said recombinant vector population; and wherein the recombinant structural genes are expressed upon transfer of said recombinant vectors into Escherichia coli host cells, and wherein expression of said recombinant structural genes yields polypeptides, each polypeptide comprising said corresponding peptide sequence.
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34. A method of producing a population of epitopic peptide sequences, comprising the steps of:
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providing a population of recombinant E. coli cells, each of said cells containing at least one member of a recombinant vector population, each member of said vector population comprising substantially identical autonomously replicating nucleic acid sequences, said nucleic acid sequences comprising a recombinant structural gene, each structural gene having inserted therein one member of an oligonucleotide population wherein each member of said oligonucleotide population has a length from about 4 to about 12 nucleotide triplets that encodes a corresponding epitopic peptide sequence of from about 4 to about 12 L-amino acid residues, and wherein each member of said oligonucleotide population is contained in said recombinant vector population and wherein the sum of said corresponding epitopic peptide sequences represents at least about 10% of all possible peptide sequences of said length; and culturing said recombinant E. coli cells to allow expression of said recombinant structural genes such that said epitopic peptide sequences are accessible to antibody recognition. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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- 36. A population of peptides wherein each member of said population has a length of from about 4 to about 12 amino acid residues, and wherein said population contains at least about 10% of all possible peptide sequences of said length.
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47. A population of binding pairs comprising:
a population of peptides, each member of said population having a length of from about 4 to about 12 amino acid residues, wherein said population represents at least about 10 percent of all possible peptide sequences of said length, wherein substantially every member of said peptide population is bound to an antibody. - View Dependent Claims (48, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89)
- 49. A population of oligonucleotides comprising double stranded oligonucleotides that comprise coding regions consisting of a length of from about 4 to about 12 nucleotide triplets said coding regions encoding a plurality of peptides consisting of random sequences of from about 4 to about 12 L-amino acid residues, said oligonucleotides comprising 5'"'"' and 3'"'"' flanking sequences that permit said oligonucleotide to be ligated into a vector.
- 67. A peptide population comprising peptides consisting of random sequences of from about 4 to about 12 amino acid residues.
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77. A population of binding pairs comprising:
a peptide population comprising peptides consisting of random sequences of from about 4 to about 12 amino acid residues, wherein substantially every member of said peptide population is bound to an antibody. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80)
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90. A method of producing a population of epitopic peptide sequences, comprising:
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providing a population of recombinant Escherichia coli cells, each of said cells containing at least one member of a recombinant vector population, each member of said vector population comprising autonomously replicating nucleic acid sequences, said nucleic acid sequences comprising a recombinant structural gene, each structural gene containing an insert comprising a member of an oligonucleotide population, said oligonucleotide population comprising oligonucleotides comprising a coding region consisting of a length from about 4 to about 12 nucleotide triplets, said oligonucleotide population encoding a plurality of epitopic peptides consisting of random sequences of from about 4 to about 12 L-amino acid residues; and culturing said recombinant Escherichia coli cells to allow expression of said recombinant structural genes such that said epitopic peptide sequences are accessible to antibody recognition. - View Dependent Claims (91, 92)
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