title: Flavivirus type-specific antigens produced from fusions of a portion of the E protein gene with the Escherichia coli trpE gene.
abstract: Based on previous data showing that JEV and DEN-1 fusion proteins can be used as antigens, we engineered analogous fusion proteins for the same regions of the E proteins of DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4, using the polymerase chain reaction. The resulting fusion proteins were tested in a modified ELISA for their reactivity with mouse immune ascitic fluids (MIAF) generated against 10 different flaviviruses. The results showed that these recombinant antigens could be used as type-specific immunological reagents, and suggest that these antigens could serve as the basis for rapid, safe, and inexpensive flavivirus serosurveys.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khoshnood
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Shope
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Mason
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005416:Flavivirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins