Bacterial magnetic particles (BMPs) which have ProteinA expressed on their
surface were constructed using magA which is a key gene in BMP biosynthesis
in the magnetic bacterium Magnetospirillum sp. AMB-1. Homogenous chemilumi
nescence enzyme immunoassay using antibody bound ProteinA-BMP complexes was
developed for detection of human IgG. A good correlation between the lumin
escence yield and the concentration of human IgG was obtained in the range
of 1-10(3) ng/ml. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights re
served.