Abstract:Production of polyclonal antibody using prokaryotic expressed recombinant viral structure proteins as antigen is an efficient method for virus detection at low cost. In this study, the coat protein (ASGV cp BJ) gene of Apple stem grooving virus (ASGV) was amplified by RT-PCR using total nuclei acid extracted from apple fruit skin. The amplified fragment was cloned and confirmed by sequence analysis, which consisted of 714 nucleotides. To express recombinant ASGV CP in Escherichia coli, the cloned ASGV cp gene was inserted into expression vector pET-28a. The resulted recombinant plasmid pET-ASGV cp was transformed into E.coli BL21 (DE3). After induction by IPTG, the recombinant ASGV cp was expressed as a 33kD inclusion body protein at high level in SDS-PAGE analysis. Through Ni beads affinity purification, the expressed protein was used as antigen to produce antiserum in rabbit. By antigen coating plate-ELISA (ACP-ELISA), the antiserum’s titer was determined to be 1∶ 4096. Western blot results showed that the antiserum was specific to ASGV and could be used for detection.