Biocatalytic evolution of a biocatalyst marker: Towards the ultrasensitive detection of immunocomplexes and DNA analysis

Bella Shlyahovsky*, Valeri Pavlov, Lubov Kaganovsky, Itamar Willner

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Abstract

Sensitive ELISA: A new enzyme-labeled immunosorbant assay (ELISA) protocol has been developed that makes use of two enzymatic reactions to detect antibody-antigen interactions: 1) the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin by ecarin and 2) the hydrolysis of a nonfluorescent substrate 1 to a fluorescent product 2 by thrombin. The system was used to detect bovine serum albumin, telomerase, and DNA with high sensitivity. (Figure Presented).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4815-4819
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume45
Issue number29
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Jul 2006

Keywords

  • Antibodies
  • Antigens
  • DNA
  • Fluorescence
  • Immunochemistry

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