Sm. Allen, AN ENZYME-LINKED-IMMUNOSORBENT-ASSAY (ELISA) FOR DETECTION OF SEMINALFLUID USING A MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY TO PROSTATIC ACID-PHOSPHATASE, Journal of immunoassay, 16(3), 1995, pp. 297-308
A microtitre plate format enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), e
mploying commercially available PASE/4LJ mouse monoclonal hybridoma an
tibody is described. The technique is a solid phase indirect ELISA for
prostatic acid phosphatase, applicable to specific detection of semen
. Maximal detectability was found to be one hundred thousand fold dilu
tion of pooled seminal plasma. No cross reactivities with human vagina
l fluid, blood, saliva, female urine, nasal discharge, earwax, sweat o
r faeces have been found.