Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Procedures For ELISA

-Relevant antibody bound to a solid phrase (polystyrene microtiter plates)
-Heat-treated broth culture (from food) added to the well
-Unbound antigen washed away
-Enzyme labeled antibody (conjugate) is added
-Incubated
-After incubation, unbound conjugate washed away
-Specific substrate added – to show the reaction via enzymatic reactions
-Incubation at room temperature
-Reaction ceased by addition of sulfuric acid
-Results read through photometer at specific wavelength

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