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Li H, Hua D, Qu Q, Cao H, Feng Z, Liu N, Huang J, Zhang L. Oral Immunization with Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Expressing Viral Capsid Protein 2 of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Induces Unique Specific Antibodies and Protective Immunity. Vaccines (Basel) 2023; 11:1849. [PMID: 38140252 PMCID: PMC10747824 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11121849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Infectious bursal disease (IBD), as a highly infectious immunosuppressive disease, causes severe economic losses in the poultry industry worldwide. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an appealing vehicle used in oral vaccine formulations to safely and effectively deliver heterologous antigens. It can elicit systemic and mucosal responses. This study aims to explore the potential as oral an vaccine for S. cerevisiae expressing the capsid protein VP2 of IBDV. We constructed the recombinant S. cerevisiae, demonstrated that VP2 was displayed on the cell surface and had high immunoreactivity. By using the live ST1814G/Aga2-VP2 strain to immunize the mice, the results showed that recombinant S. cerevisiae significantly increased specific IgG and sIgA antibody titers, indicating the potential efficacy of vaccine-induced protection. These results suggested that the VP2 protein-expressing recombinant S. cerevisiae strain was a promising candidate oral subunit vaccine to prevent IBDV infection.
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- School of Life Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; (H.L.); (D.H.); (Q.Q.); (H.C.); (Z.F.); (N.L.)
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- School of Life Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; (H.L.); (D.H.); (Q.Q.); (H.C.); (Z.F.); (N.L.)
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Ji P, Li T, Wu Y, Zhao Q, Li L, Shi X, Jiang W, Wang J, Wang P, Wang T, Jiang D. Virus-like Particle Vaccines of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Expressed in Escherichia coli Are Highly Immunogenic and Protect against Virulent Strain. Viruses 2023; 15:2178. [PMID: 38005855 PMCID: PMC10674347 DOI: 10.3390/v15112178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is a highly contagious, acutely infectious agent that causes immunosuppression in chickens. We expressed IBDV VP2 proteins in Escherichia coli (E. coli) to develop an effective virus-like-particles (VLPs) vaccine and evaluated its immunogenicity. METHODS The VLPs produced in E. coli were used as an immunogen mixed with a water-in-mineral-oil adjuvant (MontanideTM ISA 71 VG, ISA 71 RVG) or a white oil (7#) adjuvant. VLPs without an adjuvant, commercial subunit vaccine, inactivated vaccine, and attenuated vaccine were used as controls. These test vaccines were intramuscularly injected into 19-day-old SPF chickens, which were challenged with the IBDV virulent strain at 30 days after vaccination. RESULTS The adjuvants boosted antibody production, and the adjuvant groups (except white oil) produced higher antibody levels than the non-adjuvanted controls and the commercial vaccine groups. In terms of cellular immunity, the VLPs plus adjuvant combinations produced higher levels of cytokines, IL-2, IL-4, and IFN-γ than the controls. CONCLUSION IBDV VLPs plus the ISA 71 RVG adjuvant can be used as an optimal vaccine combination for improving the immune efficacy of IBD subunit vaccines, which can protect against the virulent strain.
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- Pengchao Ji
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (P.J.); (T.L.); (Y.W.); (Q.Z.); (L.L.); (X.S.); (W.J.); (J.W.); (P.W.); (T.W.)
- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (P.J.); (T.L.); (Y.W.); (Q.Z.); (L.L.); (X.S.); (W.J.); (J.W.); (P.W.); (T.W.)
- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (P.J.); (T.L.); (Y.W.); (Q.Z.); (L.L.); (X.S.); (W.J.); (J.W.); (P.W.); (T.W.)
- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (P.J.); (T.L.); (Y.W.); (Q.Z.); (L.L.); (X.S.); (W.J.); (J.W.); (P.W.); (T.W.)
- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (P.J.); (T.L.); (Y.W.); (Q.Z.); (L.L.); (X.S.); (W.J.); (J.W.); (P.W.); (T.W.)
- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (P.J.); (T.L.); (Y.W.); (Q.Z.); (L.L.); (X.S.); (W.J.); (J.W.); (P.W.); (T.W.)
- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (P.J.); (T.L.); (Y.W.); (Q.Z.); (L.L.); (X.S.); (W.J.); (J.W.); (P.W.); (T.W.)
- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (P.J.); (T.L.); (Y.W.); (Q.Z.); (L.L.); (X.S.); (W.J.); (J.W.); (P.W.); (T.W.)
- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (P.J.); (T.L.); (Y.W.); (Q.Z.); (L.L.); (X.S.); (W.J.); (J.W.); (P.W.); (T.W.)
- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (P.J.); (T.L.); (Y.W.); (Q.Z.); (L.L.); (X.S.); (W.J.); (J.W.); (P.W.); (T.W.)
- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China; (P.J.); (T.L.); (Y.W.); (Q.Z.); (L.L.); (X.S.); (W.J.); (J.W.); (P.W.); (T.W.)
- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
- Longhu Laboratory, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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Characterisation and separation of infectious bursal disease virus-like particles using aqueous two-phase systems. Chin J Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2022.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Huangfu M, Yang X, Guo Y, Guo R, Wang M, Yang G, Guo Y. Soluble overexpression and purification of infectious bursal disease virus capsid protein VP2 in Escherichia coli and its nanometer structure observation. Cell Cycle 2022; 21:1532-1542. [PMID: 35343377 PMCID: PMC9278441 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2022.2056305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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As part of the development of an infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) subunit vaccine, this study was designed to improve the expression of highly soluble VP2-LS3 (Haemophilus parasuis lumazine synthase 3, LS3) protein by using different tagged vectors in E. coli. IBDV VP2-LS3 gene was designed and synthesized. Fusion tags, GST, NusA, MBP, Ppi, γ-crystallin, ArsC, and Grifin were joined to the N-terminus of VP2-LS3 protein. Seven expression plasmids were constructed, and each plasmid was transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3) competent cells. After induction by IPTG, the solubility and expression levels of the various VP2-LS3 proteins were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and Western Blot analysis. The fusion tag that significantly promoted soluble expression of the VP2-LS3 protein was selected. Recombinant proteins were purified using Ni-NTA affinity chromatography, then cleaved by using TEV protease and detected by using transmission electron microscopy. Gel electrophoresis and sequencing analysis showed that all seven recombinant vectors were successfully constructed. GST, NusA, MBP, Ppi, γ-crystallin, ArsC, and Grifin enhanced the expression and solubility of VP2 protein; however, MBP was more effective for the high-purity production of VP2-LS3. Western Blot analysis confirmed successful generation of VP2-LS3 fusion protein in E. coli. The result of transmission electron microscopy showed that VP2-LS3 formed nano-sized particles with homogeneous shape and relatively uniform size. This study established a method to generate VP2-LS3 recombinant protein, which may lay a foundation for the development and subsequent study of IBDV subunit vaccines.
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- Mingming Huangfu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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Development of a Viral-Like Particle Candidate Vaccine Against Novel Variant Infectious Bursal Disease Virus. Vaccines (Basel) 2021; 9:vaccines9020142. [PMID: 33579020 PMCID: PMC7916800 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9020142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Infectious bursal disease (IBD), an immunosuppressive disease of young chickens, is caused by infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). Novel variant IBDV (nVarIBDV), a virus that can evade immune protection against very virulent IBDV (vvIBDV), is becoming a threat to the poultry industry. Therefore, nVarIBDV-specific vaccine is much needed for nVarIBDV control. In this study, the VP2 protein of SHG19 (a representative strain of nVarIBDV) was successfully expressed using an Escherichia coli expression system and further purified via ammonium sulfate precipitation and size-exclusion chromatography. The purified protein SHG19-VP2-466 could self-assemble into 25-nm virus-like particle (VLP). Subsequently, the immunogenicity and protective effect of the SHG19-VLP vaccine were evaluated using animal experiments, which indicated that the SHG19-VLP vaccine elicited neutralization antibodies and provided 100% protection against the nVarIBDV. Furthermore, the protective efficacy of the SHG19-VLP vaccine against the vvIBDV was evaluated. Although the SHG19-VLP vaccine induced a comparatively lower vvIBDV-specific neutralization antibody titer, it provided good protection against the lethal vvIBDV. In summary, the SHG19-VLP candidate vaccine could provide complete immune protection against the homologous nVarIBDV as well as the heterologous vvIBDV. This study is of significance to the comprehensive prevention and control of the recent atypical IBD epidemic.
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Li G, Kuang H, Guo H, Cai L, Chu D, Wang X, Hu J, Rong J. Development of a recombinant VP2 vaccine for the prevention of novel variant strains of infectious bursal disease virus. Avian Pathol 2020; 49:557-571. [PMID: 32658552 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2020.1791314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Since 2017, novel variant strains of infectious bursal disease virus (nvIBDV) have been detected in China, while the current vaccines on the market against very virulent IBDV have limited protection against this subtype virus. In this context, a strain of the virus has been isolated, and sequencing alignment and bird regression experiments showed that the virus was IBDV, belonging to the nvIBDV subtype (and named IBDV FJ-1812). Furthermore, the Escherichia coli expression system was used to successfully express soluble nvIBDV rVP2, which is specifically recognized by an anti-IBDV standard serum and anti-nvIBDV positive serum, and could be assembled into 14 - 17 nm virus-like particles. Based on the purified nvIBDV rVP2, we developed an IBDV FJ-1812 VP2 VLP vaccine at a laboratory scale to evaluate protection by this vaccine; in addition, we also prepared an IBDV JZ 3/02 VP2 subunit vaccine targeting very virulent IBDV and evaluated its cross-protection against nvIBDV. Results of bird experiments showed that the nvIBDV rVP2 vaccine could induce high titres of specific antibodies, completely protect the bursa of Fabricius from viral infection, and provide 100% immune protection to SPF and Ross 308 broiler chickens. Furthermore, the IBDV JZ 3/02 VP2 subunit vaccine targeting very virulent IBDV could provide 60% protection for SPF chickens and 80% protection for Ross 308 broiler chickens. This report provides important technical supports for the prevention and control of nvIBDV in the future.
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- Guopan Li
- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, People's Republic of China
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- The First Clinical Medical College, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Jingzhou Central Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Genetic Engineering Vaccine, Qingdao Yebio Biological Engineering Co., Ltd., Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Genetic Engineering Vaccine, Qingdao Yebio Biological Engineering Co., Ltd., Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Animal Genetic Engineering Vaccine, Qingdao Yebio Biological Engineering Co., Ltd., Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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Rage E, Drissi Touzani C, Marusic C, Lico C, Göbel T, Bortolami A, Bonfante F, Salzano AM, Scaloni A, Fellahi S, El Houadfi M, Donini M, Baschieri S. Functional characterization of a plant-produced infectious bursal disease virus antigen fused to the constant region of avian IgY immunoglobulins. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:7491-7504. [PMID: 31332484 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-09992-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is the cause of an economically important highly contagious disease of poultry, and vaccines are regarded as the most beneficial interventions for its prevention. In this study, plants were used to produce a recombinant chimeric IBDV antigen for the formulation of an innovative subunit vaccine. The fusion protein (PD-FcY) was designed to combine the immunodominant projection domain (PD) of the viral structural protein VP2 with the constant region of avian IgY (FcY), which was selected to enhance antigen uptake by avian immune cells. The gene construct encoding the fusion protein was transiently expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana plants and an extraction/purification protocol was set up, allowing to reduce the contamination by undesired plant compounds/proteins. Mass spectrometry analysis of the purified protein revealed that the glycosylation pattern of the FcY portion was similar to that observed in native IgY, while in vitro assays demonstrated the ability of PD-FcY to bind to the avian immunoglobulin receptor CHIR-AB1. Preliminary immunization studies proved that PD-FcY was able to induce the production of protective anti-IBDV-VP2 antibodies in chickens. In conclusion, the proposed fusion strategy holds promises for the development of innovative low-cost subunit vaccines for the prevention of avian viral diseases.
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- Emile Rage
- Laboratory of Biotechnology, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- Unité de Pathologie Aviaire, Département de Pathologie et Santé Publique Vétérinaire, IAV Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, LMU Munich, München, Germany
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- Division of Comparative Biomedical Science, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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- Division of Comparative Biomedical Science, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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- Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, ISPAAM, National Research Council, Napoli, Italy
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- Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, ISPAAM, National Research Council, Napoli, Italy
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- Unité de Pathologie Aviaire, Département de Pathologie et Santé Publique Vétérinaire, IAV Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco
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- Unité de Pathologie Aviaire, Département de Pathologie et Santé Publique Vétérinaire, IAV Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy
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Hsieh MK, Sung CH, Hsieh PF, Hsiao PF, Wu BY, Chou CC. Identification and characterization of infectious bursal disease virus subviral particles by capillary zone electrophoresis: potential application for vaccine production and quality control. Poult Sci 2019; 98:1658-1663. [DOI: 10.3382/ps/pey537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Bernier SC, Cantin L, Salesse C. Systematic analysis of the expression, solubility and purification of a passenger protein in fusion with different tags. Protein Expr Purif 2018; 152:92-106. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2018.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Revised: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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