title: Monoclonal antibodies against bovine growth hormone.
abstract: A number of mouse x mouse hybridomas producing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against bovine growth hormone (bGH) were prepared by fusion of spleen cells from bGH-primed mice (Balb/c) with non-secretory mouse myeloma cells (PAIOP3) and characterized. MAbs obtained from three fusion experiments belonged to IgM, IgG1 and IgG2b class/subclass of antibodies. Cross-reaction studies indicated that generated antibodies were against three different epitopes of bGH. VIA6E8 (IgG1) and VIIB2E11C9 (IgM) did not cross-react with ovine prolactin (oPRL), ovine leutinizing hormone (oLH) and porcine follicle stimulating hormone. Antibody VIB3C9E8 (IgM) exhibited cross-reaction with oPRL and oLH. Antibody VIC1F9 (IgG2b) cross reacted with oPRL. All MAbs were against conformational epitopes of bGH.
authors.affiliation: Animal Biochemistry Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Rajput
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D002417:Cattle; D003429:Cross Reactions; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D013006:Growth Hormone