title: Cloning and characterization of a ribosomal protein L23a from Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis eggs by immuno screening of a cDNA expression library.
abstract: A primary cDNA library with a size of 1.34 x 10(6) PFU was constructed from Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis eggs and was immunoscreened with rabbit anti-H. qinghaiensis serum. One clone (Hq22, named following those clones obtained from adult Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis cDNA library which we constructed before) screened from the cDNA library was selected randomly for sequencing. The entire sequence of the clone was subsequently obtained using rapid amplification of the cDNA ends (RACE). A search of the cloned sequence against GenBank revealed that it related to ribosomal protein L23a (Rpl23a) and had a high percentage similarity to this protein from different species. Conserved domains for Rpl23a were also identified in the cloned sequence. Expression analysis by RT-PCR showed that this gene is expressed in salivary glands, midguts, other tissues and different developmental stages of H. qinghaiensis. Based on the H. qinghaiensis Rpl23a sequence, open reading frames (ORF) of Rpl23a of Heamaphysalis longicornis and Boophilus microplus were also cloned and were performed for comparison with Rpl23a of H. qinghaiensis and other organisms as well. Vaccine based on Rpl23a recombinant protein cannot protect sheep against H. qinghaiensis.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzho, 730046, China.
authors.forename: Jinliang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Jianxun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Youquan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ruiquan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Haiping
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Guiquan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Junlong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bettina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wiske
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015723:Gene Library; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; D012313:RNA