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Robert,
I haven't made MABs with PAGE eluted proteins but I have made polyclonal 
antibodies with them and the antisera I generated had an excellent specific 
titer.  I used it at a dilution of > 1 : 5000 for Western blots.  The antisera 
however, could not be used for immunopercipitation.  At the time we 
hypothesized that the sera was reacting to the linearized protein and that 
little if any secondary protein structure had reformed after elution from the 
gel.

While doing this work we considered using the whole gel, but we didn't think we 
could get the protocol passed the Animal Safety Committee so we didn't bother 
trying.  From what I remember, the thought was that the SDS and the acrylamide 
would cause severe lesion at the point of injections and cause undue suffering 
for the animal.

If you want our protocol let me know and I'll try to dig it up.

Bart Corsaro

Lederle-Praxis Biologicals
West Henrietta, New York

EMail:  Bart_Corsaro_at_USLRMG01@internetmail.pr.cyanamid.com


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My question: Has anybody raised Mabs using protein bands excised
from PAGE gels as the immunogen? If so can you use the gel band
itself as an implant without having to elute the protein?

Second question ( I have asked this before but for the benefit of
newcomers) Is anybody interested in Fungal diagnostics by serological
methods?


Robert





Robert Burns

Monoclonal Antibody Unit
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency
East Craigs
Edinburgh
Scotland

burns@sasa.gov.uk