US Patent 7329530 Chimaeric phages

The invention relates to the field of generating helper phages and phage display libraries for the identification of binding molecules. The invention provide chimaeric phages having a coat comprising a protein mixture. The protein mixture comprises a fusion protein having a proteinaceous molecule fused to a functional form of a phage coat protein and a mutant form of the phage coat protein, wherein the mutant form is impaired in binding to a host cell receptor. The invention further provides new phage collections, novel helper phages and methods and means for producing chimaeric phages, infectious phages and helper phages.