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... The envelope protein gp64 of the baculovirus Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus is essential for viral entry into insect cells, as the glycoprotein both mediates pHâdependent membrane fusion and binds to host cell receptors. Surface modification of baculovirus particles by genetic engineering of gp64 has been demonstrated by various strategies and thus has become an important and ...
... The crustacean hyperglycaemic hormones (cHHs) are multifunctional neuropeptides that play a central role in the physiology of crustaceans. A partial cDNA coding for cHH of the Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, was cloned; this cDNA was fused to glutathione-S-transferase (GST) to obtain a recombinant fusion protein that was used to raise a rabbit antiserum and to perform a biological assay. The ...
... Egg white is frequently used in surimi-derived products. However, electrophoretic detection of egg white in such products is not reliable, since the egg white protein ovalbumin and the fish muscle protein actin have very similar molecular weights. We report the development of an immunoblotting (Western blotting) technique for the detection of ovalbumin in products of this type. We initially used a ...
cross reaction; Helianthus annuus; Eucalyptus; biomarkers; polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; Western blotting; pollen; honey
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... We report on the development of a novel alternative method for the assessment of floral origin in honey samples based on the study of honey proteins using immunoblot assays. The main goal of our work was to evaluate the use of honey proteins as chemical markers of the floral origin of honey. Considering that honeybee proteins should be common to all types of honey, we decided to verify the usefuln ...
... Epoxide hydrolase (EC 3.3.2.3) in plants is involved in the metabolism of epoxy fatty acids and in mediating defence responses. We report the cloning of a fullâlength epoxide hydrolase cDNA (BNSEH1) from oilseed rape (Brassica napus) obtained by screening of a cDNA library prepared from methyl jasmonate induced leaf tissue, and the 5â²âRACE technique. The cDNA encodes a soluble protein contai ...
... Anionic peptides (APs) are small antimicrobial peptides present in human and ovine lung. In this study APs were also detected in bovine lung, and production of APs in lungs with acute inflammation induced by various stimuli was determined. The distribution and intensity of APs were determined by immunohistochemistry in lungs of 1) neonatal calves (1-3 days of age) inoculated with Mannheimia (Paste ...
... One of the limiting factors in understanding immune responses in marsupials is the scarcity of marsupial specific immunological reagents. This paper describes the characterisation of an antiserum raised against a recombinant protein of the constant region of the heavy chain of IgA (Cα) of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). The availability of a marsupial specific anti-IgA provide ...
... Objective To isolate Neospora caninum from a congenitally infected calf. Procedure A calf was obtained from a N caninum infected dam maintained in a dairy herd of Holstein-Friesian cattle located on the south coast of NSW near Nowra. The calf was euthanased and samples collected for serology and pathology. Samples of brain and spinal cord of the calf were homogenised and injected into immunocompro ...
... Lectin from females of the important sand fly vector, Phlebotomus duboscqi (Diptera: Psychodidae), was isolated by immunoaffinity chromatography using a minicolumn with immobilized anti‐lectin immunoglobulins. Carbohydrate‐binding specificity of active fractions corresponded to that of midgut and salivary gland lysates. Haemagglutination was inhibited by d‐glucosamine, d‐galactosamine and d‐mannos ...
... Aims: To investigate the distribution of chitinase in Bacillus thuringiensis strains, and the enhancing effects of the chitinase-producing B. thuringiensis strains on insecticidal toxicity of active B. thuringiensis strain against Spodoptera exigua larvae. Methods and Results: The chitinolytic activities of B. thuringiensis strains representing the 70 serotypes were investigated by the whitish opa ...
... Type I interferons (IFN) are important mediators of the host defense against viral infections in mammals. In humans multiple subtypes of IFN-α exist, most of which possess antiviral activity. Little is known about the type I IFN genes in cats and the role they may play in feline immunological responses to viruses. We have isolated cDNAs encoding five feline IFN-α (feIFN) subtypes that share from 9 ...
... A putative new serotype of chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV) isolated from 17-wk-old broiler breeder pullets was compared with a known, previously characterized CIAV isolate, the Del-Ros strain. Physicochemical characteristics evaluated included thermal stability, size, pH, and chloroform sensitivity. Physicochemically, CIAV-7 was identical to CIAV. The virus isolates were compared antigenica ...
... Although the role of arachidonic acid (AA) in the regulation of steroidogenesis is well documented, the mechanism for AA release is not clear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to characterize the role of an acylâCoA thioesterase (ARTISt) and an acylâCoA synthetase as members of an alternative pathway in the regulation of the intracellular levels of AA in steroidogenesis. Purified recombina ...
... The spike 1 (S1) surface glycoprotein of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is the major inducer of the generation of virus neutralizing antibodies, and the administration of purified S1 has been shown to elicit a protective immune response against virulent virus challenge. On the basis of these observations, recombinant fowl poxvirus (rFPV) containing a cDNA copy of the S1 gene of IBV Mass 41 (rFP ...
Western blotting; breast milk; cell adhesion; epitopes; ethanolamine; immunoassays; milk; monoclonal antibodies; oligosaccharides; spectroscopy; thin layer chromatography
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... Background Human milk contains a large variety of oligosaccharides which show structural similarities with ligands for selectins, a family of cell adhesion molecules which are involved in many cell-cell interactions. Aim of the study Due to their structural similarity with selectin ligands, human milk oligosaccharides were labelled with phosphatidyl ethanolamine to be able to investigate specific ...
... The chicken IL-15 gene was recently cloned and shown to encode a polypeptide with T cell growth factor activity similar to IL-2. To further characterize the chemical and biological properties of chicken IL-15, we generated a panel of monoclonal antibodies against bacterially expressed protein and characterized their binding specificities. All antibodies were reactive by ELISA with recombinant IL-1 ...
interspecific variation; lemon juice; polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; peptides; orange juice; adulterated products; Western blotting; grapefruit juice; detection
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... Tissue- and species-specific peptides of the grapefruit have been investigated by SDS-PAGE and Western blot. Five peptides from the juice and one peptide from the peel were isolated by preparative gel electrophoresis. Polyclonal antibodies were developed against them in mice. It can be established that 82, 63, and 46 kDa peptides occurred exclusively in the samples prepared from the grapefruit and ...