Long name
Mouse Monoclonal IgG1 Isotype Control
Antigen
Mouse IgG1 Isotype Control
Species reactivity
Immunoglobulin Isotype Control
Negative species reactivity
Human, Rat
Clonality
Monoclonal Antibody (Mab)
Clone
MOPC-21
Applications
FC, IP, WB, IHC(P), IHC(F), negative control
Immunogen
Ig Control
Format/conjugation
FITC
Specificity
This mouse IgG1 kappa monoclonal antibody (clone MOPC-21) has unknown specificity and was chosen as an isotype control after screening on variety of resting, activated, live and fixed rat and human tissues.
Research area
Immunoglobulin Isotype Controls
Concentration
1 mg/ml
Storage buffer
Phosphate buffered saline (PBS) with 15 mM sodium azide, approx. pH 7.4
Shipping and storage
Mouse Monoclonal IgG1 Isotype Control is shipped on blue ice or ice packs. Upon receipt store at 4 degrees Celcius. Do not freeze!
Background
The specificity of staining by monoclonal antibodies to target antigens should be verified by establishing the amount of non-specific antibody binding. Especially at higher concentration (more than 15 μg/ml) the antibody staining usually has consignable background. To this end a non-reactive immunoglobulin of the same isotype is included as a negative control for each specific monoclonal antibody used in a particular immunoassay. The monoclonal antibody MOPC-21, generated against an undefined antigen, does not react specifically with rat and human samples, and hence all the background that could be observed when working with this antibody would be a result of general nonspecific interactions between an mouse IgG1 molecule and the respective sample under the particular conditions. This shall help the customer to set up the experimental conditions so that the nonspecific binding of any antibody is abolished.
Purity
> 95% (by SDS-PAGE)
Purification method
Purified by affinity chromatography
References
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Description
Isotype or positive controls by peptides, antibodies and deactivated samples.
Additional isotype
IgG1
Properties
Immunoglobulin Isotype specific antibodies and controls are specific to the immunoglobulin heavy chains and immunoglobulin light chains. Mouse monoclonal antibodies from this clone have all the same affinity to the antigen. Also polyclonal antibodies are Isotype purified amd conjugated or if they are used as control non conjugated.
Group
isotypes
Test
Mouse or mice from the Mus musculus species are used for production of mouse monoclonal antibodies or mabs and as research model for humans in your lab. Mouse are mature after 40 days for females and 55 days for males. The female mice are pregnant only 20 days and can give birth to 10 litters of 6-8 mice a year. Transgenic, knock-out, congenic and inbread strains are known for C57BL/6, A/J, BALB/c, SCID while the CD-1 is outbred as strain.
Latin name
Mus musculus