Expression and serological application of recombinant epitope-repeat protein carrying an immunodominant epitope of Newcastle disease virus nucleoprotein.
The purpose of this study was to develop serodiagnostic test for differentiation of infected from vaccinated animals strategy (DIVA) which accompanies a marker vaccine less immunodominant epitope (IDE) from the nucleoprotein of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) .Recombinant epitope-repeat protein (rERP) genes that encode eight IDE sequence repeats (ETQFLDLMRAVANSMR) by tetra-glycine linker was synthesized. Recombinant baculovirus carrying the gene Canine Recombinant Proteins for expressing rERP rERP produced in insect cells. Specificity and sensitivity enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay indirect (ELISA) employing rERP is evaluated The rERP with a molecular weight of 20 kDa successfully expressed by recombinant baculovirus in an insect-baculovirus system. The rERP is functional antigen as shown by Western blotting. ELISA indirectly employs rERP developed and specificity and sensitivity is determined. ELISA test allows discrimination of NDV-infected sera from vaccinated deletion v...