Antibodies 101: Secondary Antibodies
Type
Blog Post
Published
Dec. 21, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
...with each protein of interest.
Figure 1: The direct approach (left) versus the indirect approach... antibodies may be indicated on occasion, usually after other signal amplification techniques have been...IgG2 or IgG4. This can be important for some applications.
Assay use
While secondary antibodies are useful..., the flexibility of their use varies across applications. Western blots, for instance, almost always ...For the latter three, secondary antibodies are indicated when the protein of interest is found in low amounts...been ruled out.
Ease of access
Signal amplification isn’t the only benefit of secondary antibodies. Finding...quantitative analysis of a sample. Instead, relative quantification can be done using either the direct or the ...