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An indirect antibody assay using haptenated antigen and 125i-labelled anti-hapten antibody
Hapten (trinitrophenyl) was coupled to antigen (ovalbumin). The haptenated antigen was bound by anti-ovalbumin antibody and binding was quantitated with 125I-labelled anti-hapten antibodies. Thus, with a single radioactive reagent antibodies against a variety of antigens can be detected, whilst the problems inherent in a labelled antiglobulin binding test are avoided. In the ovalbumin system, the haptenated antigen binding test proved to be approximately 20 times as sensitive as the iodinated ovalbumin binding test.
Hapten (trinitrophenyl) was coupled to antigen (ovalbumin). The haptenated antigen was bound by anti-ovalbumin antibody and binding was quantitated with 125I-labelled anti-hapten antibodies. Thus, with a single radioactive reagent antibodies against a variety of antigens can be detected, whilst the problems inherent in a labelled antiglobulin binding test are avoided. In the ovalbumin system, the haptenated antigen binding test proved to be approximately 20 times as sensitive as the iodinated ovalbumin binding test.
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