An avidin-biotin complex system was compared with three commercially available immunofluorescence kits for serotyping herpes simplex virus isolates from clinical specimens. Sensitivity values showed that the Electro-Nucleonics and Immulok reagents were useful in detecting the presence of virus, whereas the predictive values showed that the Syva and Immulok reagents possessed adequate discrimina...

The first example of an all-organic oligofluorene truxene based distributed feedback laser for the detection of a specific protein-small molecule interaction is reported. The protein avidin was detected down to 1 μg mL(-1) using our biotin-labelled biosensor platform. This interaction was both selective and reversible when biotin was replaced with desthiobiotin. Avidin detection was not perturb...

A biotinylated 1,5-dialkoxynaphthalene derivative has been shown to have the ability to bind strongly to avidin and thus act as an artificial binding site for cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) thereby facilitating the formation of a tuneable pseudorotaxane-based bioconjugate.

False positive immunostaining for cytomegalovirus in products of conception was revealed using an avidinbiotinylated peroxidase complex. The cause was shown to be endogenous biotin. The use of a non-avidin-biotin method avoided the problem.

We developed a new low invasive cell manipulation and gene or molecule transfer system in a single living cell by using an atomic force microscope (AFM) and ultra thin needle, a nanoneedle. DNA was immobilized on the surface of the nanoneedle by covalent bonding and avidin-biotin affinity binding. Immobilization of DNA on the nanoneedle was confirmed by measuring the unbinding force between avi...

YAG:Ce3+ nanoparticles 9.5+/-1.2 nm in diameter have been synthesized from aluminium isopropoxide and acetates of yttrium and cerium in 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BD) by autoclave treatment at 300 degrees C for 2 h. After replacing 1,4-BD by ultrapure water, NH2 groups were introduced on the surface of YAG:Ce3+ nanoparticles by addition of 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane then biotinylation with sulfo-NH...

Frozen solutions of biotinylated glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and fluorescently tagged avidin were exposed to high energy ionizing radiation. Parallel experiments with peroxidase coupled to streptavidin and with biotinylated phycoerythrin were also performed. The loss of function of each compound was analyzed according to target theory. Target analysis revealed that the radiation-sensitive...

We have examined the effect of crosslinking IgE-receptor complexes with variable receptor-receptor distances on the transmembrane signaling that leads to degranulation of rat basophilic leukemia cells. Linear polymers of the biotin-binding protein avidin were generated with bis biotin-l,12-diamidododecane, and a dinitrophenyl-biotin conjugate was bound at each end of the polymers to form a seri...

A new technique capable of demonstrating the presence and cellular localization of the ganglioside GM1 in primary cultured cells from the brains of newborn rats is described. The method is based on the highly specific binding of biotinylated choleragen to ganglioside GM1, and takes advantage of the high affinity of avidin for biotin. Thus, the biotinylated choleragen-ganglioside GM1 complex can...

The energetics of weak interactions (van der Waals forces, hydrogen bonding) are difficult to quantify in biological ligand-receptor pairs. Insight into the biochemical role these forces play is critical to an understanding of signal transduction events and the drug discovery process. Ruthenium pentaammine and iron tetracyano complexes modified with either biotin or desthiobiotin have been synt...