Benefits and pitfalls of secondary antibodies: Why choosing the right secondary is of primary importance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Manning, Colleen F ^a   Bundros, Angeliki M ^a   Trimmer, James S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G SUBCLASS SPECIFIC SECONDARY ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RATS;

EID: 84861758798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038313     Document Type: Article

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