National Cancer Institute (source definition)
ELISA
A highly sensitive technique for detecting and measuring antigens or antibodies in a solution; the solution is run over a surface to which immobilized antibodies specific to the substance have been attached, and if the substance is present, it will bind to the antibody layer, and its presence is verified and visualized with an application of antibodies that have been tagged in some way. (BioTech Life Science Dictionary)
Review and references
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References
- NCI Thesaurus 26.09d — ELISA (C16553)
- Source: National Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus 26.09d, C16553. NCI definition, reproduced without modification under CC BY 4.0.
- Spatial Distribution and Ecological Niche Modeling of Toxigenic Clostridium perfringens in Ruminants: Integrating Environmental Drivers with an ELISA-Based Toxinotyping Approach. — Anaerobe, 2026-10-08 (PMID 42849657; literature)
What it is
A highly sensitive technique for detecting and measuring antigens or antibodies in a solution; the solution is run over a surface to which immobilized antibodies specific to the substance have been attached, and if the substance is present, it will bind to the antibody layer, and its presence is verified and visualized with an application of antibodies that have been tagged in some way. (BioTech Life Science Dictionary)
Source: National Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus 26.09d, C16553. NCI definition, reproduced without modification under CC BY 4.0.
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