The nucleoprotein (NP) gene from influenza virus A/Shearwater/Australia/72 has been expressed intracellularly in both E. coli and insect cells. E. coli-derived NP was identified by Western blot analysis as a 56 kDa protein which co-migrates with virion-derived NP. This protein was purified by immunoaffinity chromatography and a nitrocellulose binding assay showed that NP formed complexes with positive- and negative-sense influenza neuraminidase RNA transcribed in vitro. ELISA and Western blot analysis revealed that recombinant NP of 56 kDa was produced in high yields in insect cells using a baculovirus vector. Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that NP was localised to the nucleus of infected insect cells. © 1990 Springer-Verlag.
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Harley, V. R., Mather, K. A., Power, B. E., McKimm-Breschkin, J. L., & Hudson, P. J. (1990). Characterisation of an avian influenza virus nucleoprotein expressed in E. coli and in insect cells. Archives of Virology, 113(3–4), 267–277. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01316679
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