ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2012, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (5): 33-37. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-7091.2012.05.007

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Prokaryotic Expression of the Envelope Protein of Goose Flavivirus and Antigenic Analysis

HUANG Xin-mei, LI Yin, ZHAO Dong-min, LIU Yu-zhuo, ZHANG Jing-feng, HAN Kai-kai, NIU Hui-min   

  1. Institute of Veterinary Medicine Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biologicals Engineering and Technology Ministry of Agriculture National Center for Engineering Research of Veterinary Bio-products Nanjing 210014 China
  • Received:2012-04-01 Published:2012-10-28

Abstract: To obtain the recombinant protein used for serologic diagnosis of and as a subunit vaccine against avian flavivirus infection,the envelope(E)gene of goose flavivirus was cloned,expressed and purified.One pair of primers was designed according to the published sequence of complete genome of the goose flavivirus strain JS804(GenBank accession number JF895923).The E gene was amplified by RT-PCR and cloned into the prokaryotic expression vector pET32a(+) to construct the recombinant plasmid pET32a-E,which was then transformed into Escherichia coli BL21(DE3).The fusion protein was expressed after induced by IPTG and presented mainly in the form of inclusion body.The results of the Western Blot and the IFA test indicated that the expressed protein possessed strong reactinogenicity and immunogenicity.The research made a foundation for further research on the serological diagnosis and the construction and function analysis of E protein,and the E protein can serve as a potential vaccine to prevent avian flavivirus infection.

Key words: Avian flavivirus, E protein, Prokaryotic expression, Antigenicity

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HUANG Xin-mei, LI Yin, ZHAO Dong-min, LIU Yu-zhuo, ZHANG Jing-feng, HAN Kai-kai, NIU Hui-min. Prokaryotic Expression of the Envelope Protein of Goose Flavivirus and Antigenic Analysis[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2012, 27(5): 33-37. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-7091.2012.05.007.

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