Mouse anti-Microcystin-LR monoclonal antibody for ELISA. Suitable for use in indirect ELISA. Each laboratory should determine an optimum working titer for use in its particular application. Other applications have not been tested but use in such assays should not necessarily be excluded.Microcystin-LR is oneof over 80 known toxic variants and is the most studied by chemists,pharmacologists, biologists and ecologists. Microcystin-containing "blooms"are a problem worldwide, including China, Brazil, Australia, the UnitedStates and much of Europe. Once ingested, microcystin travels to the liver,via the bile acid transport system, where most is stored; though some remainsin the blood stream and may contaminate tissue. Microcystin binds covalentlyto protein phosphatases thus disrupting cellular control processes.