5.2 Indicator Labels for Immunoassays Flashcards
Most sensitive, with unstable nuclei and emit radiation spontaneously
Radioactive Isotopes
Radioactive isotopes:
These are commonly used isotopes in the clinical laboratory
a. H3
b. H4
c. I 125
d. I 124
a and c
Application of Radioactive isotopes?
Radioimmunoassays
Advantage of Radioactive isotopes?
Most sensitive
Disadvantage of Radioactive isotopes?
Hazardous
What is being measured in Radioactive isotopes? What apparatus is used for measuring this?
Radioactivity
Scintillation Counter
Scintillation counter is usd to measure beta rays
T or F
F
Gamma
Types of immunoassay formats:
Molecules that absorb light and becomes transiently excited.
Fluorochromes
In fluorochromes, the excited molecule becomes stable and is emitted as Ultraviolet light
T or F
F
Visible light
Example of Fluorochromes:
FITC
Acridine orange
T or F
T
What is the apparatus for Fluorochrome?
FLuorometer
Fluorescence microscope
Application for Fluorochrome?
Immunofluorescence
Most common label that acts upon the substrate added in te reaction leading to a change that can be measured
Enzymes
Enzymatic activity can be a colored product
T or F
T
Application for enzymes?
ELISA