CHIME proteins

• hCG, alpha and beta subunits, 1HRP.pdb
• Intact IgG, 1IGY.pdb
• Idiotype anti-idiotype complex, Ig heavy chain V region, 1CIC.pdb

Web Links

• PDB search site
• HHMI's Virtual Immunology Lab: ELISA Assay
• U. Arizona, Introduction to ELISA Activity
• ELISA and virus detection
• JIM, Journal of Immunological Methods
• ELISA to Identify Mammalian Protein in Animal Feed
• One Step Pregnancy Tests, Specimen Collection and Test Procedure
• One Step Pregnancy test
• About.com (Expert Links to Pregancy and Birth)

Further Reading

1. Antigen-Antibody Interactions (Chapter 6) in R. A. Goldsby, T. J. Kindt, and B. A. Osborne. Kuby Immunology, 4th edition, W. H. Freeman and Co., pp. 149-172 and 104-110, 2000.
2. B. Purves, G. Orians, C. Heller and D. Sadava. Life - The Science of Biology, 5th edition, Sinauer and W. H. Freeman and Co., pp. 413-415, 872-879, 1998.
3. L. Stryer. Biochemistry,4th edition, W. H. Freeman and Co. pp. 60-61, 1995.
4. E. G. Armstrong, P. H. Ehrlich, S. Birken, J. P. Schlatterer, E. Siris, W. C. Hembree, and R. E. Canfield.  Use of a Highly Sensitive and Specific Immunoradiometric Assay for Detection of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Urine of Normal, Nonpregnant and Pregnant Individuals.  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 59:867-874, 1984.
5. L. Tyrey. Human Chorionic gonadotropin Assays and their Uses. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America 15:457-475, 1988.
6. Z. L. Bandi, I. Schoen, and M. DeLara. Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Urine Pregnancy Tests.  American Journal of Clinical Pathology 87:236-242, 1987.

Acknowledgements

• Dr. Steven Birken, Dept. of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, NY, NY.
• Dr. John F. O'Connor, Dept. of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, NY, NY.
• Virginia Scofield, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.