Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Expand the Given and mention one application of each:
ELISA
Advertisements
Solution
ELISA (Enzyme linked Immunosorbent Assay) is a technique in molecular biology which uses antigens and antibodies to identify infectious diseases. An infection is identified by the presence of antigens like proteins or by the synthesis of antibodies against the infection
Use - This technique is widely used for detecting AIDS.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
How did an American Company, Eli Lilly use the knowledge of r-DNA technology to produce human insulin?
Diagrammatically represent the experimental steps in cloning and expressing an human gene (say the gene for growth hormone) into a bacterium like E. coli?
PCR proceeds in three distinct steps governed by temperature, they are in order of ____________.
Vaccines that use components of a pathogenic organism rather than the whole organism are called ____________.
The site of production of ADA the body is ______.
Why is it that the line of treatment for a genetic disease is different from infectious diseases?
A cell-free method of amplifying DNA first developed in the mid 1980's revolutionised the field of biotechnology, Name the method and explain the basic steps of the technique involved.
A host cell must be made competent, before it is able to receive an rDNA. Justify.
Explain how recombinant human insulin was prepared in 1983 by Eli Lily an American company.
Choose the INCORRECT statement.
