Expression of Marek s Disease Virus pp 38 Gene in Insect Cells with Use of Baculovirus as a Vector

The complete encoding sequence with the initiation and stop codons ofMarek s disease virus(MDV) 38 kd phosphorylated protein (pp38) gene wasintegrated into the baculovirus AcNPV transfer vector pVL1392. The insectcell line Sf9 cells were cotransfected with the recombinant transfer vectorpVLpp38 I and the wild type AcNPV DNA. A recombinant baculovirus cloneBP38 I, which was expressing the MDV pp38 gene, was screened with theanti-MDV monoclonal antibody (MAb) H19 in fluorescence antibody test.Immunoblot indic...