摘要 |
A new and useful method for assaying proteases, in which an excess of tagged proteinaceous inhibitor of a protease is mixed in solution with a sample containing the protease to form a mixture of a tagged inhibitor-protease complex and free tagged inhibitor. The complex is separated from the tagged inhibitor and the tag measured. Alternatively, anti-protease antibody may be added to bind the complex so that assay specificity and/or separation is enhanced. The method of this invention is applicable to assaying minute quantities of clinically significant proteases e.g. renin, kallikrein, thrombin occurring in serum, plasma, urine and other tissues.
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