Cloning and expression of E1 and E2 genes of Chikungunya virus in Escherichia coli and baculovirus systems

(Chikungunya fever caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has re-emerged with large outbreaks in various parts of the world and grabbed the attention of researchers worldwide. Due to lack of simple and rapid diagnostic method for the identification of the virus infection, assessing the epidemic potenti...

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Main Author:	Anna, Andrew
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	QR Microbiology
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14356/3/Anna%20Andrew%20ft.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.143562024-05-29T08:07:54Z Cloning and expression of E1 and E2 genes of Chikungunya virus in Escherichia coli and baculovirus systems 2013 Anna, Andrew QR Microbiology (Chikungunya fever caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has re-emerged with large outbreaks in various parts of the world and grabbed the attention of researchers worldwide. Due to lack of simple and rapid diagnostic method for the identification of the virus infection, assessing the epidemic potential and implementing appropriate control measures are often delaye~ In this study, Envelope 1 (E 1) and Envelope 2 (E2) genes of CHIKV from a local isolate were cloned into both E. coli and baculovirus systems as CHIKV -specific diagnostic reagents. The antigenicity of the expressed products was assessed with CHIKV positive and negative patient's sera. Partial CHIKV El and E2 were cloned into E. coli system while complete CHIKV El and E2 were cloned into baculovirus system. All the recombinant proteins were found to be antigenic except for the partial CHIKV E 1 recombinant protein generated by E. coli system. None of the recombinant antigens showed cross reactivity with anti-dengue virus serum sample. These results suggest that the recombinant proteins generated in this study might be useful in the development of diagnostic tools such as ELISA, for the detection of CHlK.V infections. Even though the direct comparison of the two systems is not possible, baculovirus system was seems to be better as they are more compatible with eukaryotic proteins because of similar codon usage rules, providing better expression levels and fewer truncated proteins than in bacteria. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2013 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14356/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14356/3/Anna%20Andrew%20ft.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Institute of Health and Community Medicine
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spellingShingle	QR Microbiology Anna, Andrew Cloning and expression of E1 and E2 genes of Chikungunya virus in Escherichia coli and baculovirus systems
description	(Chikungunya fever caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has re-emerged with large outbreaks in various parts of the world and grabbed the attention of researchers worldwide. Due to lack of simple and rapid diagnostic method for the identification of the virus infection, assessing the epidemic potential and implementing appropriate control measures are often delaye~ In this study, Envelope 1 (E 1) and Envelope 2 (E2) genes of CHIKV from a local isolate were cloned into both E. coli and baculovirus systems as CHIKV -specific diagnostic reagents. The antigenicity of the expressed products was assessed with CHIKV positive and negative patient's sera. Partial CHIKV El and E2 were cloned into E. coli system while complete CHIKV El and E2 were cloned into baculovirus system. All the recombinant proteins were found to be antigenic except for the partial CHIKV E 1 recombinant protein generated by E. coli system. None of the recombinant antigens showed cross reactivity with anti-dengue virus serum sample. These results suggest that the recombinant proteins generated in this study might be useful in the development of diagnostic tools such as ELISA, for the detection of CHlK.V infections. Even though the direct comparison of the two systems is not possible, baculovirus system was seems to be better as they are more compatible with eukaryotic proteins because of similar codon usage rules, providing better expression levels and fewer truncated proteins than in bacteria.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Anna, Andrew
author_facet	Anna, Andrew
author_sort	Anna, Andrew
title	Cloning and expression of E1 and E2 genes of Chikungunya virus in Escherichia coli and baculovirus systems
title_short	Cloning and expression of E1 and E2 genes of Chikungunya virus in Escherichia coli and baculovirus systems
title_full	Cloning and expression of E1 and E2 genes of Chikungunya virus in Escherichia coli and baculovirus systems
title_fullStr	Cloning and expression of E1 and E2 genes of Chikungunya virus in Escherichia coli and baculovirus systems
title_full_unstemmed	Cloning and expression of E1 and E2 genes of Chikungunya virus in Escherichia coli and baculovirus systems
title_sort	cloning and expression of e1 and e2 genes of chikungunya virus in escherichia coli and baculovirus systems
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
granting_department	Institute of Health and Community Medicine
publishDate	2013
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14356/3/Anna%20Andrew%20ft.pdf
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Cloning and expression of E1 and E2 genes of Chikungunya virus in Escherichia coli and baculovirus systems

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