African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Review

Probability to produce animal vaccines in insect baculovirus expression system

Bhaskar Roy1, Shuang Liang1, Peng Zhang1, mei-xian Wang1, Fang Zhou1, Wan Chi Cheong David2 and Yun-gen Miao1*
  1Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P. R. China. 2Department of Biochemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 20 May 2011
  •  Published: 30 September 2011

Abstract

 

The insect baculovirus expression system is a valuable tool for the production of vaccine. Many subunit vaccines have been expressed in this system. The first vaccine produced in insect cells for animal use is now in the market. In this study, we reviewed recent progress of animal’s vaccine production for different expression levels and baculovirus genome stability, characteristic features of baculovirus expression vector system (BVES), virus link particles, baculovirus expression in mammalian cell and methodology of produce subunit vaccines. This review showed that BVES is a fantastic tool for vaccine development and it has wonderful feature for future animal vaccine development.

 

Key words: Baculovirus expression system, vaccine, subunit vaccine, DNA vaccine.

Abbreviation

BVES, Baculovirus expression vector system