Ab Antibody

Ag - Antigen

HS High Sensitivity

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

IHC Immuno-Histo-Chemistry

IVD In-Vitro Diagnostic (Industry, Test, Formulation, etc.)

HAMA Human Anti-Mouse Antibody

HPLC High Pressure Liquid Chromatography

HTS High-Throughput Screening

ELISA Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay

MAb Monoclonal Antibody

NHS- N-HydroxySuccinimide

NSB Non Specific Binding

OD Optical Density (absorbance value in photometry)

PBS Phosphate Buffered Saline

PVA PolyVinyl Alcohol

PVP - PolyVinylPyrrolidone

HRP Horseradish Peroxidase

GOD Glucose Oxidase

std standard deviation

ave average value

SPMP Super ParaMagnetic Particle(s)

QC Quality Control

BSA Bovine Serum Albumin

TMB 3,3',5,5'-Tetramethylbenzidine, chromogen in most sensitive colorimetric HRP
substrate systems (coupled to hydrogen peroxide)

sTMB soluble TMB substrate for ELISA, gives soluble product

pTMB precipitating TMB substrate for membrane blotting,

ELISPOT and IHC applications, gives insoluble product staining in situ bound HRP.

ECL Enhanced ChemiLuminescence

ELISPOT Enzyme Linked Immuno-Spot, a method for detecting cytokine
production at the single cell level.

ISH In Situ Hybridization

CISH Chromogenic In Situ Hybridization

PET (PETG) Poly-Ethylenglycol-Terephtalat

PP - Poly-Propylene

HD-PE High Density Poly-Ethylene

GF - Glass Fiber

SOP Standard Optimized Procedure