A scFv consisting of the heavy and light variable domains of the 8D3 antibody 81 (link) was linked to the N-terminal end of the 14 amino acid SST peptide (AGCKNFFWKTFTSC) through an in-house designed linker (APGSYTGSAPG) 43 (link). The two variable regions of 8D3 were connected to each other through a glycine-serine (G4S)3 linker 82 (link). To the N-terminal end of scFv8D3, a poly-6 His-tag (HHHHHH) was added using the same (APGSYTGSAPG) linker. The whole construct was cloned into pcDNA3.4 vector (GeneArt) with a signal peptide on the N-terminal end.
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