| Abstract: | TH-98 isolate of transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) was propagated and harvested onswine testicle (ST) monolayer ceil. Two pairs of primers were designed to amplify S gene by RT-PCR accord-ing to the published sequence of TGEV'S gene cDNA with Oligo version 4.1 and DNasis software. The productsof PCR were named Sa and Sb, of 2.3 kb and 2.1 kb respectively. Sa was inserted in EcoR I and Kpn I sitesafter Sb was cloned in Kpn I and Pst I multiple cloning sites of the same pUC18 plasmid. The recombinantpUC-S plasmid was identified and analyzed by corresponding restriction endonuclease and nested PCR on thebasis of the genetic sites of S gene and pUC18 plasmid, which was identified as S gene of TGEV. RecombinantpUC-S was sequenced and analyzed in comparison with the other strains. Gene sequence comparison indicatedthat TH-98 shared 99, 97, 98, 97 and 94% identities with Purdue-115(US), Miller(US), TO14(Japan),FS772(British), 96-1933(British), respectively, their deduced amino acid homology was 99, 97, 97, 96 and93% correspondingly. In addition, the analysis report verified that pUC-S owned a complete open readingframe (ORF) including initiation codon, signal sequences, remaining sequences and termination codon aswell. Therefore, the results affirmed that S gene of TGEV TH-98 was extremely conservative. |
