Simplified radioimmunoassay for viral antigens: Use of staphylococcus aureus as an adsorbent for antigen-antibody complexes: Brief communication

E. Premkumar-Reddy, Sushilkumar G. Devare, Ratna Vasudev, Padman S. Sarma

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Abstract

In a rapid method for the radioimmunoassay (RIA) of viral antigens, Staphylococcus aureus was used as the adsorbent for antigen-antibody complexes (“protein A” molecules on the cell walls of certain strains of staphylococci have a strong affinity toward IgG molecules). The results showed that this method could be used instead of the double-antibody technique, with the same or probably higher sensitivity in precipitation as well as competition RIA’s.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1859-1861
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the National Cancer Institute
Volume58
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1977
Externally publishedYes

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