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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
May. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuyuki Shigetou, Hirakata, JP;
Jinsei Miyazaki, Higashiosaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/702 ; C07K 1/13 ; G01N 3/3533 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/702 ; C07K 1/13 ; G01N 3/3533 ;
Abstract
A high-sensitive indirect polymerized and labelled antibody is disclosed. The antibody facilitates detection of a low concentration of antigen as an analyte in a sample solution. The indirect polymerized and labelled antibody of the present invention is prepared by polymerizing an antibody using a multi-functional reagent, binding the polymerized antibody with a protein via a disulfide bond of the antibody to form a polymerized antibody conjugate, and labelling the conjugate with a cyanine dye represented by the following formula: