Adaptation of a luciferase gene reporter and lac expression system to Borrelia burgdorferi.

Gulnaz N . Bachlani and Michael V . Norgard Jon S . Blevins , Andrew T . Revel , Alexandra H . Smith , burgdorferi Borrelia Expression System to lac and Adaptation of a Luciferase Gene

Expression and Purification of Recombinant Outer Surface Protein D of Borrelia burgdorferi

To carry out the immunological experiments on the serum of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients, based on a correlation between Borrelia burgdorferi infection and contracting MS autoimmune disease the outer surface protein D (OspD) of the bacterium was expressed and purified. A clone containing the OspD gene in pET11a expression vector under the control of T7 promoter was transformed to the bacteri...

A New Reporter Gene Technology: Opportunities and Perspectives

The paper summarizes the current status of the reporter gene technology and their basics. Reporter gene technology is widely used to monitor cellular events associated with gene expression and signal transduction. Based upon the splicing of transcriptional control elements to a variety of reporter genes, it “reports” the effects of a cascade of signaling events on gene expression inside cells. ...

A Dual Luciferase Reporter System for B. burgdorferi Measures Transcriptional Activity during Tick-Pathogen Interactions

Knowledge of the transcriptional responses of vector-borne pathogens at the vector-pathogen interface is critical for understanding disease transmission. Borrelia (Borreliella) burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease in the United States, is transmitted by the bite of infected Ixodes sp. ticks. It is known that B. burgdorferi has altered patterns of gene expression during tick acquisit...

تولید هورمون رشد انسانی نوترکیب توسط سلول تخمدان هامستر چینی و بررسی فعالیت زیستی آن به روش سنجش گزارشگر ژنی

 Background: Cultivated mammalian cells, because of their capacity for proper protein folding, assembly and post–translational modification, have become the dominant system for production of recombinant proteins in clinical application. Therefore, the quality and efficacy of protein can be superior when expressed in mammalian cells compared to other hosts such as bacteria. Gene reporte...