308 results about "Nucleoprotein" patented technology

Described herein are vaccines and the use of naked DNA and/or RNA encoding hemagglutinin (HA) from pandemic influenza, e.g., the 1918 H1N1 and/or the 1957 H2N2 and/or the 1968 H3N2 influenza A virus, as a vaccine component against present day and coming H1, H2, H3, H5, N1, N2 containing influenza A infections in humans and swine optionally with the naked DNA and/or RNA encoding Neuraminidase (NA) and/or matrix protein (M) and/or the nucleoprotein (NP) from pandemic influenza virus included. If the vaccine components are used as DNA or RNA vaccines with or without the corresponding protein, the codons can optionally be “humanized” using preferred codons from highly expressed mammalian genes and the administration of this DNA vaccine can be by saline or buffered saline injection of naked DNA or RNA, or injection of DNA plasmid or linear gene expressing DNA fragments coupled to particles. Addition of the matrix protein (M) and/or the nucleoprotein (NP) from the 1918 influenza strain is also disclosed.

The invention discloses an animal sex control method based on Rbmy gene editing and application. The method controls animal sex by using CRISPR/Cas9 system to specifically cut Rbmy gene on Y chromosome. Rbmy gene encodes a germ cell specific nucleoprotein, this protein is an important factor related to spermatogenesis, and by cutting Rbmy gene, it is possible to deactivate Rbmy gene, thus Y sperm or fertilized ovum with Y sperm is deactivated and cannot develop into a normal embryo, birth ratio of female animals is finally increased and sex control is achieved. Therefore, sex ratio of animal offspring can be controlled through the method so that the ratio of female animals with better economic value is increased and production efficiency and economic effect are greatly improved.

The present invention provides methods of producing transgenic livestock animals. The methods generally involve first introducing a nucleoprotein made up of nucleic acid and a recombinase into a totipotent or pluripotent cell to produce a recombinant totipotent or pluripotent cell and then growing the recombinant totipotent or pluripotent cell to produce the transgenic livestock animal. The invention further provides kits for use in generating transgenic non-human animals of the invention.

The invention relates to an infectious arenavirus particle that is engineered to contain a genome with the ability to amplify and express its genetic information in infected cells but unable to produce further infectious progeny particles in normal, not genetically engineered cells. One or more of the four arenavirus open reading frames glycoprotein (GP), nucleoprotein (NP), matrix protein Z and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase L are removed or mutated to prevent replication in normal cells but still allowing gene expression in arenavirus vector-infected cells, and foreign genes coding for an antigen or other protein of interest or nucleic acids modulating host gene expression are expressed under control of the arenavirus promoters, internal ribosome entry sites or under control of regulatory elements that can be read by the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, cellular RNA polymerase I, RNA polymerase II or RNA polymerase III. The modified arenaviruses are useful as vaccines and therapeutic agents for a variety of diseases.

The invention relates to the technical field of biology, particularly the field of viral antibody detection. A kit for detecting the antibody against Peste des petits ruminants virus b-ELISA comprises the following ingredients which are arranged respectively: Peste des petits ruminants nucleoprotein antigen, Peste des petits ruminants monoclonal antibody, diluent, strong positive serum, weak positive serum, negative serum, HRP sheep anti-mouse secondary antibody, 20 times the concentration of washing liquid, substrate liquid, stopping solution and enzyme-linked immunosorbent plate. The optimum proportion of each ingredient in the kit is determined by experiments. The kit can be used for rapid diagnosis and detection of animal Peste des petits ruminants virus antibody, especially for the antibody detection of a lot of samples in the epidemiological survey of Peste des petits ruminants. The detection method of Peste des petits ruminants virus b-ELISA has different detection principle and experiment operating procedures and the like from those of a c-ELISA detection method in a BIRAD laboratory. The Peste des petits ruminants nucleoprotein antigen and Peste des petits ruminants monoclonal antibody in the kit are self-developed. The detection sensitivity, singularity and other indexes of the kit are the same with those of the c-ELISA detection method in the internationally recognized BIRAD laboratory.

The invention provides compositions of influenza proteins, such as matrix and nucleoprotein, that are presented to an individual's immune system as multimeric displays to induce an immune response. The compositions are optionally associated with any type of immunomodulatory compound (IMC) comprising an immunostimulatory sequences (ISS). The invention further provides compositions of influenza matrix and nucleoproteins that can induce cellular and/or humoral immune response. The invention also provides methods of making and using these compositions, e.g., as a vaccine, for ameliorating symptoms associated with infection with influenza virus or for reducing the risk of infection with influenza virus.

An aspect of the present invention is directed towards DNA plasmid vaccines capable of generating in a mammal an immune response against a plurality of influenza virus subtypes, comprising a DNA plasmid and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The DNA plasmid is capable of expressing a consensus influenza antigen in a cell of the mammal in a quantity effective to elicit an immune response in the mammal, wherein the consensus influenza antigen comprises consensus hemagglutinin (HA), neuraminidase (NA), matrix protein, nucleoprotein, M2 ectodomain-nucleo-protein (M2e-NP), or a combination thereof. Preferably the consensus influenza antigen comprises HA, NA, M2e-NP, or a combination thereof. The DNA plasmid comprises a promoter operably linked to a coding sequence that encodes the consensus influenza antigen. Additionally, an aspect of the present invention includes methods of eliciting an immune response against a plurality of influenza virus subtypes in a mammal using the DNA plasmid vaccines provided.

These vaccines target H5N1, H1, H3 and other subtypes of influenza and are designed to elicit neutralizing antibodies, as well as cellular immunity. The DNA vaccines express hemagglutinin (HA) or nucleoprotein (NP) proteins from influenza which are codon optimized and/or contain modifications to protease cleavage sites of HA which affect the normal function of the protein. Adenoviral constructs expressing the same inserts have been engineered for prime boost strategies. Protein-based vaccines based on protein production from insect or mammalian cells using foldon trimerization stabilization domains with or without cleavage sites to assist in purification of such proteins have been developed. Another embodiment of this invention is the work with HA pseudotyped lentiviral vectors which would be used to screen for neutralizing antibodies in patients and to screen for diagnostic and therapeutic antivirals such as monoclonal antibodies.

The invention provides a kit box used for detecting an influenza virus in a sample. The kit box comprises a buffer solution supply unit and a detection test strip. The detection test strip sequentially comprises a substrate supply area, a sample supply area and a detection area in the longitudinal direction. The substrate supply area comprises a substrate pad (3), a dry enzyme substrate is adsorbed to the substrate pad, and the substrate pad (3) makes contact with a nitrocellulose membrane (1). The sample supply area comprises an enzyme mark pad (2), a rat resistance avian influenza virus nucleoprotein antibody marking monoclonal antibody 1 is adsorbed to the enzyme mark pad (2), and the enzyme substrate can product a chromogenic reaction with enzymes marked on the marking monoclonal antibody 1. The detection area is provided with a rat resistance avian influenza virus nucleoprotein antibody fixed monoclonal antibody 2 in an immobilization mode. The invention further provides a method for detecting the influenza virus in the sample through the kit box. The kit box and the detection method of the kit box have the advantages of being rapid and accurate in detection, high in specificity, sensitive and good in stability.

A nucleoprotein based nanoprocessor is described. The nanoprocessor includes one or more chimelic fusion proteins linked to a DNA scaffold. Both components of the fusion protein are enzymes.

Recombinant virus-like particle contains influenza A virus matrix protein M1, surface film proteins HA and NA and M2eNP fusion protein or protein obtained by modification of mutant of at least one protein and the rest proteins, and the recombinant virus-like particle is non-replicative; wherein the M2eNP fusion protein is polymer formed by one M2e polypeptide or a plurality of M2e polypeptides atthe external end of cell membrane of matrix protein M2 or is formed by fusion of nucleoprotein NP and polymer formed by one M2e polypeptide through artificial modification or a plurality of M2e polypeptides after modification; and the nucleoprotein NP is coupled with recombinant matrix protein M1 after recombination expression and embedded in the recombinant virus-like particle. The vaccine produced by the recombinant virus-like particle can be directly applied to various animals for prevention of infection and spread of influenza A virus. The vaccine is safe in use and obvious in immune effect. Production period is short, technical operation is simple, and no purification is required, thus the vaccine is low in cost.

This invention pertains to recombinant AsCpf1 and LbCpf1 nucleic acids and polypeptides for use in CRISPR/Cpf1 endonuclease systems and mammalian cell lines encoding recombinant AsCpf1 or LbCpf1 polypeptides. The invention includes recombinant ribonucleoprotein complexes and CRSPR/Cpf1 endonuclease systems having a suitable AsCpf1 crRNA is selected from a length-truncated AsCpf1 crRNA, a chemically-modified AsCpf1 crRNA, or an AsCpf1 crRNA comprising both length truncations and chemical modifications. Methods of performing gene editing using these systems and reagents are also provided.

The invention discloses applications of dihydromyricetin in preparation of anti-influenza virus drugs, wherein influenza virus is influenza A virus, preferably H1N1, H3N2, H5N1, H7N1, H7N2, H7N3, H7N7, H7N9, H9N2 or H10N8. According to the present invention, the anti-influenza A virus action mechanism of the dihydromyricetin is that the activity of the ribonucleoprotein complex vRNP is inhibited by binding the dihydromyricetin to the PB2cap protein so as to prepare the drugs for prevention and treatment of influenza, wherein the binding loci of the dihydromyricetin and the PB2cap protein are site-432 histidine (His432), site-357 histidine (His357), site-404 phenylalanine (Phe404), site-323 Phenylalanine (Phe323), site-361 glutamic acid (Glu361), site-376 lysine (Lys376), site-363 phenylalanine (Phe363), and site-429 asparagine (Asn429).

The prevention and treatment of influenza is described, by using passive immunization with antibodies (e.g. polyclonal, monoclonal, etc.) to one or more conserved influenza proteins. Both antibodies and fragments thereof are contemplated, raised against conserved proteins such as nucleoproteins.

The invention discloses an indirect ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay) detection kit of an animal rabies neutralizing antibody. Rabies virus totivirus particles purified by using a linear sucrose gradient zonal centrifugation method are coated on an enzyme label plate of the kit. The coating has high antigen purity and is capable of detecting antibodies generated by proteins, such as rabies virus glycoprote, nucleoprotein and the like. Found from researches, the kit disclosed by the invention has specificity of being up to 100%, minimum detectable quantity of sensitivity of 0.0625 IU/ml and a variation coefficient CV (repeatability) of 2.74%. The kit has good stability, simple operation and low cost and is applied to popularization and application.

The invention discloses a time resolved immunofluorescence detection kit for rabies virus nucleoprotein, and a preparation method thereof. The content of rabies virus nucleoprotein in a sample is quantificationally determined by using principles of a double-antibody sandwich method and time resolved immunofluorescence. The detection kit comprises a standard, a coating reaction plate, a lanthanide ion marked anti-rabies virus nucleoprotein monoclonal antibody, an analysis buffer, a washing liquid and a fluorescence enhancing liquid, wherein a first anti-rabies virus nucleoprotein monoclonal antibody is adsorbed on the coating reaction plate, and a second anti-rabies virus nucleoprotein monoclonal antibody is marked with the lanthanide ion. A preparation method comprises: adding a to-be measured sample in the coating reaction plate, incubating, washing, adding the lanthanide ion marked second anti-rabies virus nucleoprotein monoclonal antibody, incubating, washing, adding the fluorescence enhancing liquid, and determining in a time resolved immunofluorescence detector. The technical scheme of the invention has advantages of high sensitivity, good singularity, simple operation, wide detection scope and the like.

The present invention relates to a method for identifying a binding site on an RNA transcript, wherein the binding site binds to one or more binding moieties. The method includes, among other things, introducing a photoreactive nucleoside into living cells wherein the living cells incorporate the photoreactive nucleoside into RNA transcripts during transcription thereby producing modified RNA transcripts; reverse transcribing the RNA of isolated cross-linked segments thereby generating cDNA transcripts with one mutation wherein the photoreactive nucleoside is transcribed to a mismatched deoxynucleoside; amplifying the cDNA transcripts thereby generating amplicons; and analyzing the sequences of the amplicons aligned against the reference sequence so as to identify the binding site, wherein the sequences of each amplicon having a mutation resulting from the introduction of the photoreactive nucleoside is considered to be a valid amplicon comprising at least a portion of a binding site on the RNA transcript.