BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES COMPRISING GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS

摘要

The present invention relates generally to a capture device for peptides, polypeptides or proteins or other biological or synthetic molecules, alone in a sample or associated with a cell or virus, cell or virus wall or cell membrane or viral core or an extract or fraction thereof. More particularly, the present invention provides a device useful for facilitating the identification of peptides, polypeptides or proteins or other biological or synthetic molecules alone in a sample or associated with a cell or virus, cell or viral wall, cell membrane or viral core or a portion or fraction thereof immobilized to the device. In a particular embodiment, the present invention comprises a carbohydrate molecule of one or more saccharide monomers associated with a polysaccharide molecule which in turn is immobilized to a solid support useful in the capture of peptides, polypeptides or proteins or other biological or synthetic molecules alone or associated with a cell or virus, cell or viral wall or cell membrane or viral coat or an extract or fraction thereof. The capture device is useful in combination with detection assays such as immune-based detection assays including enzyme-linked immunoassays.