Can epitope analyses be conducted with polyclonal antisera?
Yes. Although polyclonal antisera contain many antibodies that recognize a variety of epitopes on a protein or peptide, only a proportion of these sequences will be antigenic. SPOTs technology can been used to identify the predominant immunogenic sequences in a peptide or protein with polyclonal antisera.
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