| Budget Amount *help |
¥12,480,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,880,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Using an immunoassay that utilizes the antigen-dependent stabilization of antibody variable (Fv) regions (Open-sandwich immunoassay, OS-IA), we attempted to create systems for non-competitive sensitive detection of small molecular peptides, which was not measurable by conventional sandwich assays. Bypassing hybridoma, by utilizing newly developed phage display system for antibody Fab fragments, we succeeded in directly obtaining good antibodies for OS-IA from conjugate-immunized mice with thyroxine and an antigenic peptide from highly pathogenic influenza virus as antigens. Moreover, by OS-selection which is a method for affinity maturation using unconjugated small molecule antigens based on the OS-IA principle, we could improve the sensitivity for osteocalcin peptide by several hundred fold.
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