Patent ID: 6818408
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: C07K,Y10S

Abstract:
An immunoassay method comprising the steps of:(a) reacting a monoclonal antibody specifically recognizing phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate, or a variable region thereof, with phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate present in a sample; and, (b) detecting the binding based on an immunological reaction between said antibody, or said variable region thereof, and said phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate; wherein, said monoclonal antibody binds to an antigenic determinant that contains an inositol group and a glycerol backbone in said phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate.