Traditional ELISA methods for antibody affinity determination fail to reveal the presence of low affinity antibodies in antisera: An alternative approach

Journal of Molecular Recognition

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 448-456

  Bobrovnik, Sergei A ^a   Demchenko, Miroslava ^a   Komisarenko, Sergei ^a   Stevens, Fred ^b  

^a PALLADIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity; Antibody; Antisera; Polyclonality

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; ANTIBODY; ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNE SERA; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 77956406279     PISSN: 09523499     EISSN: 10991352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmr.1011     Document Type: Article

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