Development of an Improved ELISA for Antibody Detection and Use in Production of a Hybridoma Secreting a Monoclonal Antibody Specific for Crystal Protein of Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. israelensis

Autor: John H. Pruett, Kevin B. Temeyer, Maurice Haufler
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Journal of Economic Entomology. 79:1287-1293
ISSN: 1938-291X
0022-0493
Popis: Murine hybridomas were constructed by fusing spleen cells from BALB/c mice immunized with soluble crystal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. israelensis (B.t.i) to the murine myeloma cell line SP2/O-AG14. A direct ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) for detection of antibodies specific for crystal protein of B.t.i. was modified to produce 100- to 1,000-fold increased sensitivity and was used to identify hybridomas secreting monoclonal antibody specific for the B.t.i. crystal protein. Analysis of the hybridoma culture supernatant fluid indicated production of monoclonal IgG3 antibodities, specific for the 68,000 dalton protein presumed to be the insecticidal δ-endotoxin of B.t.i.
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