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Fig.4
It is possible to clone cell-surface receptors by expression screening,
provided that a receptor ligand or receptor-specific antibody is available.
We screened for the IL-4 receptor (IL-4 R), which is known to be expressed
on the surface of Daudi cells. NIH3T3 cells were infected at an MOI of
approximately one, and, after 2 days, the cells were labeled with receptor-specific
monoclonal antibody followed by a fluorescent anti-mouse IgG secondary
antibody. The cells were then FACS sorted, and the sorted population was
expanded for 10 days and sorted a second time. Approximately 3% of the
expanded population from the first sort was collected in the second sort
(Figure
4A) and expanded an additional 10 days. FACS analysis of the twice-sorted
population indicated that over 90% of the cells reacted with the receptor-specific
antibody. PCR reactions were performed using vector-specific primers,
which flank the cloning site, and genomic DNA was isolated from either
uninfected NIH3T3 cells or from the sorted population as template. Figure
4B shows a prominent 1.7-kb band that was observed for the sorted
population (Lane 3), whereas no PCR product exists for the uninfected
control (Lane 2).
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