[Cloning of Bmi1 cDNA from mouse testis and its expression in E. coli BL21].
OBJECTIVE
To produce BMI1 polyclonal antibody, mouse Bmi1 cDNA was cloned from mouse testis and expressed in E. coli BL21.


METHODS
Bmi1 gene was amplified from mouse testis by RT-PCR and inserted into the prokaryotic expression vector pET-28c(+). Subsequently the recombined vector was transformed and expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) and the immunogenicity of recombined protein BMI1 (rBMI1) was tested by Western blot.


RESULTS
Mouse Bmi1 cDNA of 975 bp was successfully cloned and recombined. E. coli BL21 strains expressed rBMI1 were screened. The expression protein amounted to 12% of the total bacterial protein after induced with IPTG, which included inclusion body and soluble protein. Inclusion body was the major pattern of the expression that amounted to 71% of the insoluble protein. Western blot analysis showed that rBMI1 could be specially recognized by mouse monoclonal IgG1 anti-BMI1 and His-tag antibody.


CONCLUSIONS
There was expression of Bmi1 gene in mouse testis. Mouse Bmi1 cDNA was successfully cloned and expressed prokaryoticly.
Zhang
Shi-qing
SQ
Institute of Basic Medical Science, Academy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, China. zsq21212@163.com
Li
De-xue
DX
Li
En-zhong
EZ
Wang
Chang-yong
CY
Zhang
Xue-ming
XM
Lu
Jing-yan
JY