title: [Construction of the plasmid encoding the fusion protein of hepatocyte growth factor and red fluorescent protein].
abstract: In order to trace the expression of exogenous hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in eukaryotic cells exactly, a recombinant plasmid that expresses the fusion protein of HGF and red fluorescent protein (RFP) was constructed. The gene encoding HGF without stop code was amplified from pMD19-T-HGF by PCR technique and then cloned in pDsRed-express-N1. The recombinant plasmid (pDsRed-HGF) was identified by restriction endonuclease enzyme analysis and DNA sequence analysis. pDsRed-HGF was transfected into 293T cells. The expression of HGF mRNA, HGF and red fluorescent protein was detected. The results showed that the target gene sequence in pDsRed-HGF was completely in conformity with HGF cDNA in GenBank, and it was expressed highly in 293T cells. In this study, pDsRed-HGF was successfully constructed and expressed in eukaryotic cells.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics*; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D000097573:Red Fluorescent Protein
chemical_list: D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000097573:Red Fluorescent Protein