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              Research (Published 
online :  28-09-2013) 
5. Molecular characterisation of membrane glycoprotein 
and 5b protein of nephropathogenic infectious bronchitis virus - A. 
Balasubramaniam, K. Sukumar, P. Suresh and B. Puvarajan 
Veterinary World, 6(11): 857-861 
                
              doi: 
              10.14202/vetworld.2013.857-861 
                
              
              
          
 
              Abstract 
 
              Background: Infectious 
              bronchitis virus (IBV) affects the upper respiratory tract and the 
              reproductive tract, and some strains can cause nephritis. Large 
              number of serotypes and genotypes of the virus have been 
              identified and for the most part do not cross-protect. Identifying 
              the genotype or serotype of IBV field strains is empirical for 
              selecting an appropriate candidate to serve as vaccine strain for 
              prevention of infectious bronchitis (IB) disease in chickens. The 
              variant strains of IBV could be circulating among chickens in 
              India and recently nephropathogenic IB was reported. Hence, the 
              present work was aimed to carry out molecular characterization of 
              nephropathogenic IBV isolates obtained from two different 
              geographical locations of south India, involving relatively 
              conserved regions. Materials and Methods: MIBVPCR and NIBVPCR primers were 
              used to amplify partial M and N gene after synthesizing cDNA. 
              Isolates Ind/KA/07/1 and Ind/TN/07/2 were subjected to direct 
              sequencing as these two isolates are two different geographical 
              regions and scored better in induction of lesions during 
              pathotyping.
 Results: Amino acids of membrane glycoprotein varied on 
              five occasions for the isolate Ind/KA/07/1 when aligned with that 
              of M 41 strain and isolate Ind/TN/07/2. Eight amino acids of both 
              isolates in 5b protein were different from that of M41 strain. Few 
              point mutations, short deletions and insertions were noticed in 
              the amplified genome, based on the membrane protein nucleotide 
              sequence comparison.
 Conclusion: Prevalence of IBV strains with few 
              modifications in conserved regions indicated that there was 
              presence of variant IBV in south India.
 Keywords: 5b protein, infectious bronchitis virus, membrane 
              protein, molecular characterization
 
 
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