Cloning and Sequencing of Envelope Glycoprotein E0 Gene of Hog Cholera Virus Strain C
Abstract: The envelope glycoprotein E0 gene of hog cholera virus (HCV) strain C was amplified from total RNA extracted from HCV strain C infected rabbit spleen by reverse transcription and nested PCR. The PCR product was cloned into pGEM T vector. Nucleotide sequencing was performed using an ABI PRISM sequencing device. Based on the incorporation of fluorescence labelled dideoxynuclotide teminators, the sequence was compared with HCV strain C sequenced by Moormann et al . The result showed that their homologies on nucleotide and amino acid sequences were 99.08% and 98.42%, respectively.