Equivalent recognition of free and ACT-complexed PSA in a monoclonal- polyclonal sandwich assay is conferred by binding specificity of the monoclonal antibody

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 242-249

  Zhou, Zeqi ^a   Armstrong, E Glenn ^a   Belenky, Alexander ^a   Freeman, James V ^a   Yeung, Kwok K ^a  

^a BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody binding specificity; Bayer Immuno 1(TM) analyzer; Epitope E; Equimolar response; PSA immunoassay

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EPITOPE MAPPING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CARCINOMA;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA 1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; EPITOPES; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031778556     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1998)12:4<242::AID-JCLA9>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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