Information
Catalog number
IK2000
Full name
20-yolk IgY Purification Kit
Size
2 kit
Price
632.10 €
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Antigen
20-yolk IgY Purification Kit
Chicken IgY
Gallus gallus domesticus and other IgY antibodies have high affinity and are easy to collect from the yolk. Gallus gallus can produce 20 more than in rabbit polyclonal. The antibody will not bind to rheumatoid factor or protein or Fc regions. This gives very much reduced background very much suited for diagnostic applications. Papain will digest IgY’s to divalent Fab antibody fragments. IgY’s are suited for Elisa kit development, Immunohistochemistry and Western Blot.
Properties
Chicken yolk polyclonal Immunoglobulin Y (abbreviated as IgY) is a type of immunoglobulin which is the major antibody in bird, reptile, and lungfish blood. It is also found in high concentrations in chicken egg yolk. As with the other immunoglobulins, IgY is a class of proteins which are formed by the immune system in reaction to certain foreign substances, and specifically recognize them.
Test
Antibodies are affinity purified with an antigen coated column or protein A or G agarose or beads. DNA is purified with endotoxin free silica columns or anion exchange resins. gallus IgY supplies purification kits and ultra pure reagents.