Biotin was covalently attached to antibodies, antigens and enzymes, and the effects of this labeling on the antigen and antibody binding capacity and on enzymatic activity were tested. Based on avidinbiotin interaction, the labeled proteins were used in quantitative enzyme-immunoaseay and enzymeimmunohistochemical staining procedures. Two procedures were developed. In the first procedure, named the Bridged Avidin-Biotin (BRAB) technique four steps were used sequentially in order to quantify or detect an immobilized antigen: 1) incubation with biotin-labeled antibody; 2) incubation with avidin;
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