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Baculovirus vectors
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Cloning and expressing capsid proteins VP1 of WUPyV and KIPyV and VP2 of HBoV in Sf9 insect cells.
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Sf9 insect cells
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Host cells for the expression of recombinant baculoviruses.
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Pfu Polymerase (Fermentas, St. Leon Rot, Germany)
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Amplification of the VP2 gene of HBoV and VP1 genes of WUPyV and KIPyV.
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DNA primers BoV3446s and BoV5113a, WU1673s/WU2782a, KI1501s/KI2727a
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Specific primers used to amplify the VP2 gene of HBoV, and VP1 genes of WUPyV and KIPyV respectively.
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TOPO cloning kit (Invitrogen)
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Insertion of PCR amplicons into the pENTR vector.
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Chemically competent E.coli TOP10 cells (Invitrogen)
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Transformation of plasmid containing VP genes.
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QIAprepSpin Miniprep Kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany)
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Extraction of plasmids from overnight cultures.
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Cellfectin reagent (Invitrogen)
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Transfection of recombinant baculovirus DNA into Sf9 cells.
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TC-100 growth medium (Lonza, Basel, Switzerland) with supplements
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Cultivation of transfected Sf9 cells.
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Fetal calf serum, penicillin, streptomycin, amphotericin B, and ganciclovir
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Supplements added to the TC-100 growth medium for optimal cell growth and selection.
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Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)
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Separation of expressed proteins for confirmation.
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HRP-conjugated mouse-anti-V5-antibody (Invitrogen)
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Immunoblot detection of expressed proteins.
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SuperSignal West Pico chemiluminescence substrate (Pierce, Rockford, USA)
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Visualization of immunoblot bands.
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Fluoresceine-conjugated goat-anti-human-IgG (Invitrogen)
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Detection of bound human IgG antibodies in immunofluorescence assay (IFA).
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Evans blue (Mast Diagnostik, Reinfeld, Germany)
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Counterstaining in IFA.
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Phosphate buffered saline (PBS)
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Washing Sf9 cells and diluting samples.
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Cold acetone
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Fixation of Sf9 cells on glass slides.
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Cell lysates
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Absorption of plasma samples for specificity tests.
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GraphPad Prism (version 3.0c for Mac, GraphPad Software, San Diego, USA), SPSS (version 16 for windows, SPSS, Chicago, USA)
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Statistical analysis of the data.
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