• Assay Type

  Solid Phase Sandwich ELISA

• Format

  96-well strip plate

• Sample Type & Volume Required

  100 µL

• Range

  31.20 - 2,000 pg/mL

• Sufficient Materials

  For five or fifteen 96-well plates*

• Specificity

  Please see the

* Provided that the recommended microplates, buffers, diluents, substrates and solutions are used, and the assay is run as summarized in the Assay Procedure provided.

Ancillary Reagent Kit Available  

DY008, DuoSet ELISA Ancillary Reagent Kit 2 -

This DuoSet ELISA Development kit contains the basic components required for the development of sandwich ELISAs to measure natural and recombinant human beta-NGF. The suggested diluent is suitable for the analysis of most cell culture supernate samples. Diluents for complex matrices, such as serum and plasma, should be evaluated prior to use in this DuoSet.

Product Features

• Optimized capture and detection antibody pairings with recommended concentrations save lengthy development time

• Development protocols are provided to guide further assay optimization

• Assay can be customized to your specific needs

• Economical alternative to complete kits

Kit Content

• Capture Antibody

• Detection Antibody

• Recombinant Standard

• Streptavidin conjugated to horseradish-peroxidase (Streptavidin-HRP)

Other Reagents Required

DuoSet Ancillary Reagent Kit 2 (5 plates): (Catalog # ) containing 96 well microplates, plate sealers, substrate solution, stop solution, plate coating buffer (PBS), wash buffer, and Reagent Diluent Concentrate 2.

The components listed above may be purchased separately:

PBS: (Catalog # ), or 137 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 8.1 mM Na₂HPO₄, 1.5 mM KH₂PO₄, pH 7.2 - 7.4, 0.2 µm filtered

Wash Buffer: (Catalog # ), or 0.05% Tween^® 20 in PBS, pH 7.2-7.4    

Reagent Diluent: (Catalog # ), or 1% BSA in PBS, pH 7.2-7.4, 0.2 µm filtered

Substrate Solution: 1:1 mixture of Color Reagent A (H₂O₂) and Color Reagent B (Tetramethylbenzidine) (Catalog # )

Stop Solution: 2 N H₂SO₄ (Catalog # )

Microplates: R&D Systems (Catalog # )

Plate Sealers: ELISA Plate Sealers (Catalog # )

Preparation and Storage

• Storage

  Store the unopened product at 2 - 8 °C. Do not use past expiration date.

Background: beta-NGF

Nerve growth factor (NGF) was initially isolated in the mouse submandibular gland over three decades ago as a 7S complex composed of three non- covalently linked subunits, alpha, beta, and gamma. It is now known that both the alpha and gamma subunits of NGF are members of the kallikrein family of serine proteases, while the beta subunit, called beta-NGF or 2.5S NGF, exhibits all the biological activities ascribed to NGF. The human protein shares approximately 90% identity at the amino acid level with both mouse and rat beta-NGF.

• Entrez Gene IDs:

  4803 (Human); 18049 (Mouse); 310738 (Rat);

• Long Name:

  beta Nerve Growth Factor

• Aliases:

  Beta nerve growth factor precursor; beta-nerve growth factor; betaNGF; beta-NGF; HSAN5; MGC161426; nerve growth factor (beta polypeptide); nerve growth factor, beta subunit; NGFB; NGFBMGC161428