Highly-specific polyclonal antibody to Red Fluorescent Protein

Licensing opportunity

Researchers at Edinburgh University have developed a highly-specific polyclonal antibody to Red Fluorescent Protein (RFP) for detecting RFP-tagged proteins.

The majority of currently available RFP antibodies are made to a peptide, rather than a whole protein immunogen. Consequently, they can often lack specificity and give high background signals.

The Edinburgh RFP antibodies are rabbit polyclonals made to whole RFP protein, which gives them strong reactivity, good specificity and low background when used to detect RFP tagged proteins in cells/extracts.

The fact that they are to a whole protein immunogen makes them particularly effective in detecting protein where fixation methods such as formaldehyde are used, which preserve native protein structure.

These RFP antibodies are sensitive and specific for RFP, do not cross react with Green Fluorescent Protein and can be used to detect RFP tagged proteins in a range of biochemical applications.

Edinburgh University is seeking interest from life science reagent companies to license this technology on a non-exclusive basis, with a view to marketing and selling these reagents.

For more information, visit the project’s page at: http://www.university-technology.com/details/highly-specific-polyclonal-antibody-to-red-fluorescent-protein