1 Cycle Sequencing Kit (code 4337456, Applied Biosystems). Capillary electrophoresis and sequence analyses were performed in an ABI 3730 DNA Analyzer (Applied Biosystems), using 36 cm Pictilisib capillaries loaded with the POP7polymer. Sequences were analyzed in the Sequencing Analysis 5.3.1 software. After the generation of the pFastBac1™ construct (with the cDNA of the antiviral protein and of the other
proteins), the purified plasmid DNAs were transformed into DH10Bac™ E. coli for transposition into the bacmid. Identification of the colonies containing the recombinant bacmid was based on blue/white colony selection. Extraction of bacmids was performed according to the Manufacturer’s protocol (Bac-to-Bac® Baculovirus Expression System, Invitrogen). To verify the presence of the gene of interest after transposition, PCRs Mcl-1 apoptosis with M13 primers were used. The obtained amplicons were further sequenced using the pFastBac1™ primers for confirmation of the presence of the gene of interest in the bacmid after transposition. Transfection of insect cells with the recombinant bacmid was performed according to the Bac-to-Bac® Baculovirus Expression System manual (Invitrogen™). Sf9 cells in the log phase (1.5–2.5 × 106 cells/ml, greater than 95% viability) were used in the experiment, using 500 ng of the recombinant baculovirus for transfection. Cell morphology was observed daily post
infection for signs of viral infection. After 144 h, the supernatant was collected and considered as the first passage of the recombinant baculovirus. To confirm the nucleotide sequence of the recombinant protein, a sample from a culture infected with a second pass was collected after 72 h. After extraction of
check details DNA and RNA, PCR and RT-PCR were carried out respectively, as previously indicated. DNA samples resulting from the PCR were subjected to nucleotide sequencing with the forward and reverse primers used for the amplification of the cDNAs. The supernatant of all crops was collected daily for the determination of cell number, nutrient, titration of baculovirus and recombinant protein identification (data not shown). Western blot with anti-His antibody (GE Healthcare) and studies of cell morphology with photomicrographs were performed after each step. L929 cells were grown in plastic T-flasks or on multiwell plates using Leibovitz-15 (L15) medium containing 0.9 g L−1 of d-galactose, 0.3 g L−1 of l-glutamine and supplemented with 5% fetal bovine serum (FBS). Viable cell counts were performed on Neubauer chambers using the Trypan blue (0.05%) exclusion method. In order to determine the amount of virus produced in cultures infected with the EMC virus that can be blocked by the antiviral recombinant protein (rAVLO), L929was treated or not treated with 1% v/v of rAVLO, 1 h prior to culture infection. Then, cells were infected with the EMC virus at different dilutions (rates of 10).