Thunder-Link® PLUS oligo Antibody Conjugation Kit

In vitro assay: Thunder-Link (R) PLUS oligo Antibody Labeling Kit [425-0000] - Immuno-qPCR data generated using Thunder-Link. A mouse monoclonal antibody specific for human CRP (clone C7) was purchased in unconjugated format from HyTest. The antibody was conjugated to an oligonucleotide using a Thunder-Link kit, and was used as a detection antibody in a sandwich immuno-PCR assay with a polyclonal anti-CRP antibody as the capture reagent. The graph shows a plot of the number of PCR cycles undertaken vs. fluorescence intensity generated by SYBR Green containing PCR probes at particular antigen concentrations.

In vitro assay: Thunder-Link (R) PLUS oligo Antibody Labeling Kit [425-0000] - The graph shows this data following conversion to antigen amount vs. cycle number to enable the calculation of a standard curve. The results show that the assay utilizes 1000-fold less capture antibody and 100-fold less detection antibody, and provides 1000-fold greater sensitivity than the equivalent ELISA.

Product Discontinued

Thunder-Link® PLUS oligo Antibody Conjugation Kit Summary

• Description: Thunder-Link PLUS enables simple and rapid conjugation of antibodies to oligonucleotides, with high recovery of materials and a superior clean-up procedure. The kit is quick and simple to use, overcoming time consuming and lengthy protocols associated with standard conjugation methods.
  
  

  Features	Benefits
  Quick and easy to use	Save time, no specialist knowledge required
  High levels of antibody and oligo recovery	Save precious reagents
  Use your own oligo and antibody, at your desired ratio	Flexible
  Freeze dried	Ships at ambient temperature, long shelf-life
  Stringently QC tested	Consistent high quality, excellent batch-to-batch reproducibility
  Unidirectional chemistry	No risk of cross-linking
  Suitable for single-stranded oligos of 10-120 bases, double-stranded oligos up to 80 base pairs	Covers the majority of sequences
  Linking chemistry works at both 5’ and 3’ end	Provides ability to combine with other modifications
  Post-conjugation clean-up step	No interference from unbound oligo
  Positive control antibody and oligo included	Enables confirmation of protocol success
  Wide range of target proteins	Also applicable to antibody fragments and small proteins

  
  
  Advantages of Thunder-Link PLUS:
  • Only 30 minutes antibody and oligo activation
  • Fast oligo conjugation – now only 1 hour!
  • High antibody and oligo recovery
  • Robust and flexible clean-up procedure (now works with antibody fragments and other proteins)
• Kit Type: Antibody Conjugation Kit

Applications/Dilutions

• Dilutions:
  • In vitro assay
• Application Notes: Warm the Thunder-Link PLUS Conjugate Clean Up Reagent by placing the tube in warm water (not warmer than 40C) for 10 minutes, then shaking to re-dissolve the contents. Once dissolved, maintain the tube at ~22C to prevent any crystal formation before use.

Packaging, Storage & Formulations

• Storage: Storage of components varies. See protocol for specific instructions.

Notes

Thunder-Link® is a registered trademark of Abcam and distributed by Novus Biologicals.

This product is for research use only and is not approved for use in humans or in clinical diagnosis. This product is guaranteed for 1 year from date of receipt and this statement overrides any mentioned guarantee period on the limitations section of this products datasheet. Please contact technical@novusbio.com with questions.

Limitations

This product is for research use only and is not approved for use in humans or in clinical diagnosis. Kits are guaranteed for 6 months from date of receipt.

FAQs for Thunder-Link (R) PLUS oligo Kit (425-0000). (Showing 1 - 2 of 2 FAQ).

1. If I want to conjugate an oligo to my antibody using your kit (Thunder-link Plus kit), what type of modification needs to be in my oligo.
   • The oligo must be between 10 and 120 base pairs in length and contain a terminal amine group, which must be added during synthesis. All commercial oligo suppliers offer this modification. The efficiency of conjugation is slightly higher with 5’aminated oligos.
2. We recently ordered a Thunder-Link PLUS oliogo Antibody Conjugation Kit to tag some of our commercial antibodies. The protocol specifies that purified antibodies must be at a concentration of 1mg/mL, as the Activation reagents are designed to activate 100ug of antibody in 100uL reaction volume. Our antibodies are too dilute, at 0.5mg/mL commercial concentration. The protocol suggests contacting technical support. What are your recommendations?
   • We have 2 products designed for antibody concentration, clean up and changing the buffer the antibody is in. These products are Antibody concentration and clean up kit (262-0010) and Antibody concentration and clean up kit (861-0010). But you can use a simple spin column with a 50-100kDa cut off. We do not have these in our portfolio but they are available from various companies e.g Millipore, ThermoFisher, Pierce, Bio-Rad etc. This is very simple and inexpensive way to concentrate your antibody.