Abstract: In this study,the genome of Brucella Rev.1 strain was used as a template to amplify the BAB gene sequence,clone it into the prokaryotic expression vector pET-30a(+),obtain the recombinant plasmid pET-30a-BAB,and perform prokaryotic expression on the recombinant plasmid.The indirect ELISA method was constructed by using the expression products detected by Western blotting.The results showed that the BAB gene was successfully cloned and expressed in this experiment,and the purified expression product was analyzed by SDS-PAGE.This study obtained a relatively pure recombinant BAB protein;Western blotting test showed that the expressed protein could react specifically with Brucella sheep positive serum and had good reactogenicity;Using the recombinant BAB protein as the coating antigen,an indirect ELISA method for detecting BAB antibodies was established and optimized.The best determined coating conditions were as follows BAB protein coating amount was 0.25 μg/mL,serum dilution was 1:400;blocking solution was 3% pig-derived gelatin;secondary antibody dilution was 1:6 000;color development time was 10 min.The established method was used to detect 40 clinical sheep serums,and the cut-off value was calculated to be 0.607.That was,when the serum tested had P/N ≥ 1.5 and D_{450 nm} ≥ 0.607,it was judged as positive,when D_{450 nm} ≤ 0.561,it was judged as negative,and when 0.607<D_{450 nm}<0.561,it was judged as a suspect value,and retest was required.Compared with the Huhong plate test and the test tube agglutination test,the positive coincidence rate was 100%,the negative coincidence rate was 71.88%,and the total coincidence rate was 77.5%.

Key words: brucellosis; strain Rev.1; BAB gene; prokaryotic expression; ELISA