CPC C12N 7/00 (2013.01) [A61K 35/76 (2013.01); A61P 31/04 (2018.01); C07K 14/005 (2013.01); C07K 2319/035 (2013.01); C12N 2795/00021 (2013.01); C12N 2795/00022 (2013.01); C12N 2795/00031 (2013.01); C12N 2795/00033 (2013.01); Y02A 50/30 (2018.01)] | 28 Claims |
1. A method for labelling or coating a cell with a payload or composition, or contacting a cell with a payload or composition, comprising:
contacting the cell with a genetically engineered bacteriophage of the genus Caudovirales,
wherein an exterior or outer surface of the bacteriophage comprises a payload or a composition, or the exterior or outer surface of the bacteriophage has attached thereto a payload or a composition, or a payload or a composition is adherent to the exterior or outer surface of the bacteriophage,
wherein the genetically engineered bacteriophage genome is altered such that after reproduction in a host cell, or in an in vitro system, the exterior or outer surface of the genetically engineered bacteriophage expresses or displays:
(a) on a tailspike protein at least one non-bacteriophage carbohydrate binding domain (CBD) comprising a lectin;
(b) at least one heterologous bacteriophage Ig-like CBD; or
(c) a combination of (a) and (b).
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