Identification and elimination of false-positives in an ELISA-based system for qualitative assessment of glycoconjugate binding using a selection of plant lectins

Babak Afrough, Miriam V. Dwek, Pamela Greenwell*

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Abstract

Systematic optimization of a lectin-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) procedure using a panel of 21 biotinylated plant lectins and a glycoprotein with defined glycosylation (i) identified blocking as a limiting step in solid phase sugar binding analysis and (ii) found Synblock to be a better alternative to bovine serum albumin (BSA) as blocking agent.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)458-464
Number of pages7
JournalBioTechniques
Volume43
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2007
Externally publishedYes

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