A real-time immuno-PCR assay for routine ultrasensitive quantification of proteins

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 240-250

  Adler, Michael ^a   Wacker, Ron ^a,b   Niemeyer, Christof M ^b  

^a CHIMERA BIOTEC GMBH   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Assay development; ELISA; Immuno PCR; Real time detection; Secondary reagents

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCUMIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONJUGATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CAPRA HIRCUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0043095428     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01364-0     Document Type: Article

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