Chapter title |
Antibody Production with Synthetic Peptides.
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Chapter number | 2 |
Book title |
High-Resolution Imaging of Cellular Proteins
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-6352-2_2 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-6350-8, 978-1-4939-6352-2
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Authors |
Bao-Shiang Lee, Jin-Sheng Huang, Lasanthi P. Jayathilaka, Jenny Lee, Shalini Gupta, Lee, Bao-Shiang, Huang, Jin-Sheng, Jayathilaka, Lasanthi P., Lee, Jenny, Gupta, Shalini |
Editors |
Steven D. Schwartzbach, Omar Skalli, Thomas Schikorski |
Abstract |
Peptides (usually 10-20 amino acid residues in length) can be used as effectively as proteins in raising antibodies producing both polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies routinely with titers higher than 20,000. Peptide antigens do not function as immunogens unless they are conjugated to proteins. Production of high quality antipeptide antibodies is dependent upon peptide sequence selection, the success of peptide synthesis, peptide-carrier protein conjugation, the humoral immune response in the host animal, the adjuvant used, the peptide dose administered, the injection method, and the purification of the antibody. Peptide sequence selection is probably the most critical step in the production of antipeptide antibodies. Although the process for designing peptide antigens is not exact, several guidelines and computational B-cell epitope prediction methods can help maximize the likelihood of producing antipeptide antibodies that recognize the protein. Antibodies raised by peptides have become essential tools in life science research. Virtually all phospho-specific antibodies are now produced using phosphopeptides as antigens. Typically, 5-20 mg of peptide is enough for antipeptide antibody production. It takes 3 months to produce a polyclonal antipeptide antibody in rabbits that yields ~100 mL of serum which corresponds to ~8-10 mg of the specific antibody after affinity purification using a peptide column. |
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