Antibodies 101: Epitope Availability
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...protein, the antibody can't bind to it. As proteins change configurations or binding partners, the epitopes...instance, if you cannot find an antibody validated for Western blots, but find one validated for ELISAs...antibodies are well-organized, documented, and easy to find (though we might need to see it to believe it.) ...) As you browse the collection, you'll likely find some proteins of interest for which you have several...simple: epitope availability. An antibody can only bind to a target, or epitope, that it can access. If ...epitopes available for binding change as well. If this change hides the epitope that the antibodies used to ...antibodies, so it's good to keep epitope availability in mind whenever you're working with antibodies.) Conformation...