Evaluation of a pepscan approach to identify epitopes recognised by anti-hTSH monoclonal antibodies

Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-70

  Gomme, Peter T ^a,b   Stanton, Peter G ^a,c   Hearn, Milton T W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSL LIMITED   (Australia)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discontinuous epitopes; ELISA assays; Glycoprotein hormones; Monoclonal antibodies; Solid phase methods; Synthetic peptides

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; HORMONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; THYROTROPIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; EVALUATION STUDIES; GLYCOPROTEINS; PEPTIDES; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0032972616     PISSN: 0165022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-022X(98)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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