anti-Immunoglobulin Y (IgY) secondary antibodies

Immunoglobulin Y (IgY) is found in birds, and it is being isolated for biotechnological applications from egg-yolk of chicken eggs. Studies have suggested that Immunoglobulin Y (IgY) is functionally similar to IgG, and also shares some similarity with IgE. That means, similarly to IgG and presumably IgE the main function of IgY is the defence against pathogens by binding them and thereby disabling them. However, in contrast to IgG, IgY does not bind to protein A or protein G. Due to the functional similarities to IgG, IgY is sometimes referred to as "chicken IgG", or "bird IgG."

Although IgY and IgG share a similar function, they differ markedly in structure and immunochemical properties. Similarly to IgG, IgY is composed of two heavy chains and two light chains, however, with a molecular mass of 180 kDa, the molecular weight of IgY is larger than that of mammalian IgG (150 kDa). The H-chain of IgY has a larger molecular mass (68 kDa) than that of IgG (50 kDa).

Below you will find examples of anti-IgY antibodies:

anti-Immunoglobulin Y
Reactivity	Host	Unconjugated	FITC	HRP
Rabbit	Chicken	ABIN301961	ABIN301960	ABIN301959

Links to other secondary antibody-types:
» Immunoglobulin G (IgG) secondary antibodies
» Immunoglobulin A (IgA) secondary antibodies
» Immunoglobulin E (IgE) secondary antibodies
» Immunoglobulin D (IgD) secondary antibodies
» Immunoglobulin M (IgM) secondary antibodies