Antibody for a toxin assay, and method of obtaining same
US6043042A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/56911
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A toxin assay that uses a substrate for cleavage by the toxin and antibodies that do not recognize the substrate but recognize and bind to the product of cleavage of the substrate by the toxin. The substrate can be a nerve cell peptide when the assay is for botulinum toxin or tetanus toxin.
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