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Highly cross adsorbed - (Apr/25/2007 )

Hi guys...

Can anyone tell me what "highly cross adsorbed" means?
This is written in the vials of secondary antibodies (from invitrogen).

Thanks.
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-BioPe-

QUOTE (BioPe @ Apr 26 2007, 04:36 AM)
Hi guys...

Can anyone tell me what "highly cross adsorbed" means?
This is written in the vials of secondary antibodies (from invitrogen).

Thanks.
rolleyes.gif


I think that it mean that the Ab has been absorbed against IgG and/or serum proteins of those species that highly crossed with your Ab, thus it could reduce the cross-reactivity, or less background, less bleed-through. E.g, Ab against goat IgG may react with bovine, horse, sheep IgG, so it these highly cross have been absorbed, the resulted anti-goat Ab won't cross-react with these IgG.

-Almasy-