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Development and Application of Semi-quantitive RT-PCR for the Main Structural Protein Genes of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus

HUANG Juan, SHAN Hu   

  1. College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
  • Revised:2011-11-18 Online:2012-06-20 Published:2012-07-02

Abstract: Three pairs of primers were designed according to the sequence of PRRSV VR2332 strain to amplify GP5、M and N protein gene respectively, a semi-quantitative RT-PCR method was developed. Different shRNA expressing vectors were cotransfected into HEK293A cells with vectors expressing structural proteins of PRRSV, and the mRNA levels of target gene were assayed by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. The results showed that the mRNA levels of structural proteins were inhibited from 36% to 69%, and pSi-N3 and pSi-G1 showed the strongest inhibition effect. It indicated that the method was suitable for relative quantitation of the main structural proteins of PRRSV.

Key words: PRRSV; structural protein; semi-quantitative RT-PCR; RNA interference

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