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Antibody & Antisera Production

Specificity starts with the immunogen.

Recombinant and denatured antigens often yield antibodies that miss native targets—wasting antibody production cycles and generating antibodies that fail. Athens immunogens are purified from human tissue to retain native structure, post-translational modifications, and correct epitope presentation.

From apolipoproteins and immunoglobulin fragments to plasma glycoproteins, our proteins support antibody and antisera production where specificity is non-negotiable.

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  • ≥ 98% purity with Athens Pure mass-spec identity confirmation
  • Validated process to maintain native structure
  • Lot-specific CoAs with purity and identity data
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Native immunogens. Specific antibodies. Every batch.

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Why Native Immunogens Outperform Recombinant Alternatives

Antibodies recognize 3D shapes, not 2D sequences. When you immunize with a recombinant protein that lacks native folding, glycosylation, or post-translational modifications, you get antibodies optimized for a target that doesn't exist in real samples.

The result? Antibodies that fail in Western blots, miss targets in immunohistochemistry, or show unexpected cross-reactivity in diagnostic applications.


Athens immunogen-grade proteins eliminate this problem at the source:

  • Native conformation – antibodies raised against native immunogens recognize the same epitopes present in clinical samples, tissue lysates, and diagnostic targets
  • High purity (≥98%) – contaminant proteins trigger unacceptable responses that dilute your yield of target-specific antibodies and complicate downstream screening
  • Mass spec identity confirmation – confirms you're immunizing against what you think you are, not a co-purified contaminant or degradation product
  • Lot-to-lot consistency – same immunogen, same response, same antibody characteristics across production campaigns

Antibody manufacturers worldwide trust Athens proteins. We work directly with production teams to match specifications to protocols.

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*1. Boottanun, et al. An improved evanescent fluorescence scanner suitable for high-resolution glycome mapping of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections. Anal Bioanal Chem 415, 2023, 6975–6984. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-023-04824-2
*2. Correia, et al. Sedimentation velocity FDS studies of antibodies in pooled human serum. Eur Biophys J 52, 2023, 321–332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00249-023-01652-1
*3. Mayner, et al. Heterogeneous expression of alternatively spliced lncRNA mediates vascular smooth cell plasticity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 120, 2023, e2217122120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2217122120

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