Production and some characteristics of monoclonal antibodies against beet necrotic yellow vein virus

L. TORRANCE*, M. T. PEAD, G. BUXTON

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Abstract

Four rat monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific for beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) were produced. In indirect ELISA, all four MAbs reacted strongly with BNYVV infected plant leaf extracts (19 isolates from eight countries) but they did not react with beet soil‐borne virus (BSBV), an unnamed rod‐shaped soil‐borne beet virus isolate (86 ‐ 109) from Sweden or barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV). However, two of the MAbs, MAFF 6 and MAFF 7 did not detect BNYVV in ELISA of infected sugar beet roots whereas MAbs MAFF 8 and MAFF 9 did detect virus in root extracts. In electro‐blot immunoassay (EBIA), MAFF 6 and MAFF 7 readily detected BNYVV coat protein from leaf extracts whereas MAFF 8 and MAFF 9 reacted only weakly. None of the MAbs reacted with BSBV, 86 ‐ 109, BSMV or plum pox virus in EBIA. MAFF 6 coated BNYVV particles which were trapped from infected leaf or root sap on to electron microscope grids by polyclonal antibodies. MAFF 6 was partially purified from tissue culture supernatant fluid by cation exchange chromatography and the preparation used to coat microtitre plates and successfully trap BNYVV in ELISA of leaf sap extracts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)519-530
Number of pages12
JournalAnnals of Applied Biology
Volume113
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1988

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