PMID- 23140616 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140204 LR - 20190911 IS - 1875-5305 (Electronic) IS - 0929-8665 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 7 DP - 2013 Jul 1 TI - Expression of short peptide by an improved isocaudamer tandem repeat strategy. PG - 808-12 AB - An improved isocaudamer tandem repeat strategy for the production of short functional peptide was demonstrated in the study. The coding sequence of short peptide was codon optimized, and two isocaudamers were induced into the end of coding sequence. By re-cutting with isocaudamers and re-ligating, the coding sequence of short peptide in the expression vector was increased in a multiple manner (21, 22, 23, 24, 25 .......). In the present study, an 8 amino-acidresidue peptide of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) was effectively expressed in 8 copies and 16 copies by this approach, then the proteins in 8 copies and 16 copies were used to generate antibody against this epitope in rabbits. The results showed that PRRSVs were well recognized by the antibody in indirect immunofluorescence assay. The technology using isocaudamer to insert multiple tandem repeats in the vector provides an important approach for the studies of small molecule peptides. FAU - An, Tong-Qing AU - An TQ AD - State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China. FAU - Zhang, Yi AU - Zhang Y FAU - Tian, Zhi-Jun AU - Tian ZJ FAU - Leng, Chao-Liang AU - Leng CL FAU - Yang, Yong-Qian AU - Yang YQ FAU - Peng, Jin-Mei AU - Peng JM FAU - Tong, Guang-Zhi AU - Tong GZ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Protein Pept Lett JT - Protein and peptide letters JID - 9441434 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Viral) RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Viral/immunology/metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - Cloning, Molecular/*methods MH - Epitopes/immunology MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect MH - Oligopeptides/*biosynthesis/genetics/immunology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/genetics/metabolism MH - Rabbits MH - Recombinant Proteins/biosynthesis/genetics/immunology MH - *Tandem Repeat Sequences EDAT- 2012/11/13 06:00 MHDA- 2014/02/05 06:00 CRDT- 2012/11/13 06:00 PHST- 2012/07/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/10/31 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/10/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/11/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/11/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/02/05 06:00 [medline] AID - PPL-EPUB-20121105-1 [pii] AID - 10.2174/0929866511320070011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Protein Pept Lett. 2013 Jul 1;20(7):808-12. doi: 10.2174/0929866511320070011.