TY - JOUR T1 - Characterization of HcMSP, A Novel Gender Specific Gene from Parasitic Nematode Haemonchus contortus AU - Yan, Ruofeng AU - Zhang, Zhikai AU - , Lixin Xu AU - , Xiaokai Song AU - , Xiangrui Li JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 12 IS - 5 SP - 593 EP - 599 PY - 2013 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2013.593.599 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2013.593.599 KW - Haemonchus contortus KW -major sperm protein KW -RACE KW -differential expressions KW -gene AB - Major Sperm Protein (MSP) is one of the important components of nematode sperms and the characters of this protein were widely studied in Caenorhabdit elegans and Ascaris suum. However, no knowledge of homology proteins in Haemonchus contortus was reported. In the present research, the MSP gene of this parasite (HcMSP) was first cloned and characterized. A pair of primer targeted the conserved sequence of nematode MSPs was designed and a partial of HcMSP gene was obtained by reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR). Then, the 5' and 3' ends of HcMSP gene were cloned by 5' Rapid Amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) and 3' RACE. The full length of cDNA was obtained by overlapping the sequences of 3' and 5' extremities. The Open Reading Frame (ORF) was amplified by RT-PCR and expressed in prokaryotic cell. ER -