Construction of an Expression Vector Containing Mtb72F of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite using the Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine, tuberculosis (TB) is still a worldwide disease that kills 2-3 million people each year. Developing a new and more effective vaccine is one way to possibly reduce the morbidity and mortality of TB. The Mtb72F vaccine is one of the important subunit vaccines applied in human clinical trials. In this study, we have constructed an expression vector that contains the Mtb72F fragment with some new modifications.

Materials and methods

In this experimental study, Mtb32N and Mtb39 fragments were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using specific primers and inserted into pET21b\Mtb32C. Colony-PCR, restriction enzyme analysis, and DNA sequencing were used to confirm the accuracy of the cloning. We used Western

SUBMITTER: Nabavinia MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3635822 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature