About: Anti-immunoglobulin

Anti-immunoglobulin antibodies are defined as a protein that detects other antibodies from an organism. Specifically, anti-immunoglobulin antibodies are created by B-cells as antibodies to bind to other immunoglobulins. Immunoglobulins have two regions: the constant region and the variable region. The constant region is involved in effector function, while the variable region is involved in recognizing and binding to antigens. Anti-immunoglobulin antibodies may bind to either the variable or constant region of the immunoglobulin. Anti-immunoglobulin antibodies are a type of secondary antibody. They are able to detect primary antibodies through multiple methods such as a Western blot, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence staining, flow cytometry, and ELISA.