Reactivity
Bovine
Samples
Serum, plasma, Cell Culture Supernatants, body fluid and tissue homogenate
Assay Type
Competitive
Sensitivity
1.0 pg/mL.
Intended Uses
This TGF-alpha ELISA kit is a 1.5 hour solid-phase ELISA designed for the quantitative determination of Bovine TGF-alpha. This ELISA kit for research use only, not for therapeutic applications!
Preparation and Storage
Store all reagents at 2-8 degree C.
Related Product Information for TGFa elisa kit
Principle of the assay: TGF-alpha ELISA kit applies the competitive enzyme immunoassay technique utilizing a monoclonal anti-TGF-alpha antibody and an TGF-alpha-HRP conjugate. The assay sample and buffer are incubated together with TGF-alpha-HRP conjugate in pre-coated plate for one hour. After the incubation period, the wells are decanted and washed five times. The wells are then incubated with a substrate for HRP enzyme. The product of the enzyme-substrate reaction forms a blue colored complex. Finally, a stop solution is added to stop the reaction, which will then turn the solution yellow. The intensity of color is measured spectrophotometrically at 450nm in a microplate reader. The intensity of the color is inversely proportional to the TGF-alpha concentration since TGF-alpha from samples and TGF-alpha-HRP conjugate compete for the anti-TGF-alpha antibody binding site. Since the number of sites is limited, as more sites are occupied by TGF-alpha from the sample, fewer sites are left to bind TGF-alpha-HRP conjugate. A standard curve is plotted relating the intensity of the color (O.D.) to the concentration of standards. The TGF-alpha concentration in each sample is interpolated from this standard curve.
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NCBI and Uniprot Product Information
NCBI GI #
NCBI GeneID
Molecular Weight
17,329 Da
NCBI Official Full Name
transforming growth factor alpha, partial
NCBI Official Synonym Full Names
transforming growth factor, alpha
NCBI Official Symbol
TGFA
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
TFGA
NCBI Protein Information
protransforming growth factor alpha; TGF-alpha
UniProt Protein Name
Protransforming growth factor alpha
UniProt Gene Name
TGFA
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
TGF-alpha; ETGF
UniProt Entry Name
TGFA_HUMAN