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Characterization Process

The goal of the NCI's Antibody Characterization Program is to have three monoclonal antibodies produced for each successfully expressed/purified recombinant antigen. Each antibody is then characterized (Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA), Western Blot, Immunohistochemistry (IHC), Immuno-mass spectrometry (MS), Surface Plamon Resonance (SPR) and Nucleic Acid Programmable Protein Array (NAPPA)) and made available to the scientific community.

Characterization Pipeline
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CPTC Characterized Antibody

The text and trademark CPTC Characterized Antibody denotes the antibodies listed on the Antibody Portal. These antibodies with the term “CPTC” have been initially characterized through a standardized process (see above) and the data from this analysis is publicly available through the National Cancer Institute. "CPTC" stands for Clinical Proteomic Technologies for Cancer Initiative.