Antibodies 101: The Four ELISAs and When to Use Them
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Blog Post
Published
July 25, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
... the sample to that of a standard curve to extrapolate the concentration of antigen in the sample. A variety...use the same secondary antibody for any ELISA protocol that uses primary antibodies of the same isotype...-containing sample with their conjugated primary antibody. Users next incubate the sample with the multiwell...used to quantify the level of target antigen in a sample. While Engvall et al. originally developed the ... proteins and small molecules from a variety of sample types (Engvall 1971). Scientists value ELISAs for...using the method.
ELISA basics
All ELISAs follow the same overall process. First users coat a multiwell plate...capture antibody that binds to the antigen in a sample and then a second detection antibody binds. The...