Chickens transfer high quantities of IgY (IgG) into the egg yolk and harvesting antibodies from eggs eliminates the need for the invasive bleeding procedure. One week′s eggs can contain 10 times more antibodies than the volume of rabbit blood obtained from one weekly bleeding. However, there are some disadvantages when using certain chicken derived antibodies in immunoassays. Chicken IgY does not fix mammalian complement component C1 and it does not perform as a precipitating antibody using standard solutions.

~180 kDa observed. Uncharacterized band(s) may be observed in some cell lysates.

Gel Electrophoresis Analysis: 20 µg of reduced Chicken IgY from a representative lot was resolved by SDS-PAGE and visualized using total protein stain.

Note: To be used as a negative control for ChIP Ab+ MeCP2, Cat. No. 17-10491.

Note: For use as a negative control, perform experiments in parallel using primary antibody or normal serum at the same concentration. A signal obtained with the normal serum indicates a nonspecific interaction; any additional signal with the primary antibody indicates a specific antibody-antigen interaction.

Research Category
Secondary & Control Antibodies

Research Sub Category
Isotype Control Antibodies

Format: Purified

Purified chicken polyclonal in buffer containing PBS with 0.05% sodium azide.

T-gel

Stable for 1 year at 2-8°C from date of receipt.

Evaluated by Western Blotting using non-reduced Chicken IgY.

Western Blotting Analysis: 0.01 µg of this non-reduced Chicken IgY was detected by a Rabbit anti-Chicken secondary antibody.

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