Identification of unacceptable background caused by non-specific protein adsorption to the plastic surface of 96-well immunoassay plates using a standardized enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay procedure

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 85-92

  Rebeski, Dierk E ^a   Winger, Eva M ^a   Shin, Yeun Kyung ^a   Lelenta, Mamadou ^a   Robinson, Mark M ^a   Varecka, Roland ^b   Crowther, John R ^a  

^a Animal Production and Health Section   (Austria)

^b Bender MedSystems   (Austria)

Author keywords

96 Well immunoassay plate; Background; ELISA; Non specific binding; Quality control

Indexed keywords

POLYSORBATE 20; POLYSTYRENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ADSORPTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; QUALITY CONTROL; STOICHIOMETRY;

ADSORPTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PROTEINS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032807251     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(99)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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