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MONOCLONAL antibodies can be produced by cultures of permanent cell lines derived by fusion of suitable myelomas with spleen cells from immunised animals1. So far, mainly two mouse myelomas, X63-Ag8 and NSI/1-Ag4.1, have been used for this purpose1,2. When cells from immunised mice are used in the fusion, the mouse × mouse hybrid myelomas can be grown as tumours in appropriate mouse strains. We describe here the preparation and use of a new clone of a rat myeloma, which is suitable for the derivation of rat × rat hybrid myelomas producing specific rat antibodies. The spent medium of hybrid myeloma cultures usually contains 1–20 μg ml−1 antibody. The serum and ascites of the tumour-bearing mice, with few exceptions, yield 1–20 mg ml−1 of antibody, which is 1,000 times more concentrated and very convenient for larger preparations.
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GALFRÈ, G., MILSTEIN, C. & WRIGHT, B. Rat × rat hybrid myelomas and a monoclonal anti-Fd portion of mouse IgG. Nature 277, 131–133 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/277131a0
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