conclusions the rabies virus np could be extracted and purified in an appropriate amount from infected cell culture. the results of sds-page analysis showed that the intact rabies virus np had been purified properly and thus could be used for further steps to produce the specific diagnostic rabies conjugate. results the volume of the lysate was 15 ml and it became 2.5 ml after purification, wit...

Figure 3. Comparison of BSA crosslinking efficiency by SDS-PAGE. Different crosslinkers were incubated with BSA at molar excess of crosslinker to protein (e.g. 20, 100 or 500-fold). Crosslinking efficiency is shown by decreased mobility by SDS-PAGE and varied by crosslinker type, solubility and concentration. Figure 1. Structures of non-cleavable and MS-cleavable crosslinkers used for protein –...

background: the purity and correct folding of a recombinant protein is critical for any structural, biochemical and vaccine design studies. plasmodium vivax duffy binding protein-ii is a leading vaccine candidate for vivax malaria. in the present study, the purification process of recombinant dbp-ix (a variant form of pvdbp-ii) was optimized to achieve the highest yield and purity. moreover, na...

ricin, the toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean plant (ricinus communis), consists of an a chain (rta) and a b chain (rtb). anti-a chain abs and anti-b chain abs can neutralize toxins in vivo and in vitro via blocking the binding of the toxin to the cell. also, rtb protein is able to serve as an antigen deliver to the mucosal immune system and act as an immunoadjuant. here, the genomic d...

Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is an economically important poultry pathogen with a worldwide distribution that may infect a wide range of domestic and wild avian species. The identification of different pathotypes of NDVs plays an important role in the diagnosis and development of vaccines to control and eradicate NDV infections. In our previous study, we showed that mono-specific antibodies ca...

introduction: shigella is a facultative intracellular pathogen that uses the host actin cytoskeleton protein for intra- and intercellular spread. the aim of this study was to determine the distribution of icsa gene and icsa expressed protein bands among shigella flexneri strains isolated from 3 clinical centers in tehran. material and methods: two hundred and seventy five isolated shigella flex...