conclusions the cell lines obtained in this work secreted potent, stable and specific anti-bv mabs, which were suitable for the development of herpes b virus diagnosis reagents. background herpes b virus (bv) is a zoonotic disease caused by double-stranded enveloped dna virus with cercopithecidae as its natural host. the mortality rate of infected people could be up to 70% with fatal encephalit...

The within-chromosome distribution of gametic disequilibrium (GD) between protein loci, and the underlying evolutionary factors of this distribution, are still largely unknown. Here, we report a detailed study of GD between a large number of protein loci (15) spanning 87% of the total length of the third chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster in a large sample of haplotypes (600) drawn from a si...

Two models describing how alphaherpesviruses exit neurons differ with respect to whether nucleocapsids and envelope glycoproteins travel toward axon termini separately or as assembled enveloped virions. Recently, a pseudorabies virus glycoprotein D (gD)-green fluorescent protein fusion was found to colocalize with viral capsids, supporting anterograde transport of enveloped virions. Previous an...

Recombinant anti‑epidermal growth factor receptor‑internalizing arginine‑glycine‑aspartic acid (anti‑EGFR single‑domain antibody fused with iRGD peptide) protein efficiently targets the EGFR extracellular domain and integrin αvβ/β5, and shows a high penetration into cells. Thus, this protein may improve penetration of conjugated drugs into the deep zone of gastric cancer multicellular 3D sphero...

Glanded (Gd) cottonseed (Gossypium hirsutum L.) contains scattered gossypol glands. Glandless (Gl) is a new type of seed containing only trace levels gossypol. This work quantitatively compared the content and migration pattern Gd Gl protein isolates. Both samples were subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-gel electrophoresis, gel bands separated into seven partitions for peptide mass spect...

Two forms of herpes simplex virus glycoprotein gD were recombined into Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (baculovirus) and expressed in infected Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells. Each protein was truncated at residue 306 of mature gD. One form, gD-1(306t), contains the coding sequence of Patton strain herpes simplex virus type 1 gD; the other, gD-1(QAAt), contains three mutatio...

Introduction: Protein cage nanoparticles (PCNs) have shown promise for molecular/cellular imaging of cardiovascular disease and cancer. PCNs incorporating iron oxide have been used as susceptibility agents for MRI, but T1-shortening agents (e.g., Gd-DTPA) are preferred clinically. The PCN structure can incorporate targeting peptides and can also enhance the T1 effect of Gd by slowing rotational...

The gene encoding glycoprotein D (gD) of the monkey B virus (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1) was cloned into a mammalian expression vector, pcDNA3.1(-), and the recombinant plasmid DNA was transfected into COS7 cells. The expression of gD in transfected COS7 cells was detected by indirect immunofluorescence assay or radioimmunoprecipitation analysis (RIPA). Although the expressed gD protein was r...

Quantitative cysteine-independent ligation of a Gd(3+) tag to genetically encoded p-azido-L-phenylalanine via Cu(I)-catalyzed click chemistry is shown to deliver an exceptionally powerful tool for Gd(3+)-Gd(3+) distance measurements by double electron-electron resonance (DEER) experiments, as the position of the Gd(3+) ion relative to the protein can be predicted with high accuracy.

Cardiac connexin43 (Cx43) serves an essential role in maintaining the functional integrity of the heart. The present study investigated the effect of glucose deprivation (GD) on Cx43 protein expression levels in H9c2 cells, and demonstrated that following 2 h GD, Cx43 protein expression levels in H9c2 cells increased by ~68%. In addition, GD activated the extracellular signal‑regulated kinase (...