The human papillomavirus (HPV) L1 major capsid protein, which forms the basis of the currently available vaccines against cervical cancer, self-assembles into virus-like particles (VLPs) when expressed heterologously. We report the development of a biotechnology platform for HPV16 L1 protein expression based on the constitutive PGK1 promoter (PPGK1) from the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris...

Development of strains for efficient production of chemicals and pharmaceuticals requires multiple rounds of genetic engineering. In this study, we describe construction and characterization of EasyClone vector set for baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which enables simultaneous expression of multiple genes with an option of recycling selection markers. The vectors combine the advantage o...

Multiple gene expression can be introduced in a yeast strain with using only two markers by means of the two new vectors described, the expression vector pB3 PGK and the CRE recombinase vector pCRE3. The pB3 PGK has a zeocin-selectable marker flanked by loxP sequences and an expression cassette consisting of the strong PGK1 promoter and the GCY1 terminator. The gene of interest (YFG1) is cloned...

hepatitis b virus (hbv) is considered as a global health concern and hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) is the most immunogenic protein of hbv. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the expression of hbsag on the cell surface of human embryonic kidney cell line (hek293t). after transformation of expression vector pcdna/hbsag to e.coli top10f’, plasmid was extracted and digested with bglii....

the gene encoding the human basic fibroblast growth factor (hbfgf) has been already chemically-synthesized and cloned in pet-3a expression vector (pasteur institute of iran). in the present study, we compared the level of expression of this synthetic hbfgf and its related cdna in escherichia coli. the pbr322-cdna of hbfgf supplied by dr. seno (from molecular biology dept, okaido prefectural uni...

objective(s) lipocalin 2 (lcn2) is a 25-kda glycoprotein that has initially been extracted from neutrophil granules. expression of lcn2 is induced under various pathophysiological conditions. it is also known as an early marker of kidney and heart injury. high-level expression of recombinant lcn2 neutrophil gelatinase-associated(ngal) in insect cells was the aim of this study. materials and met...

Because of a large number of molecular similarities with higher eukaryotes, the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe has been considered a potentially ideal host for expressing human proteins having therapeutic and pharmaceutical applications. However, efforts in this direction are hampered by lack of a strong promoter. Here, we report the isolation and characterization of a strong, constitu...

objective: the aim of present study was cloning and expression of phic31 integrase cdna in a bacterial expression vector. thus, an intra molecular assay vector was applied to show in vitro activity of recombinant protein. materials and methods: in this experimental study, phic31 cdna was subcloned into a prokaryotic expression vector and transformed into e.coli bl21 (de3). recombinant phic31 in...