The cDNA cloning of BivCaE cDNA was carried out using the B. ignitus cDNA library as previously described [20 (link)]. Plasmid DNA extraction was performed using the Wizard Mini-Prep Kit (Promega, Madison, WI, USA). The cDNA sequence was analyzed using the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) programs from National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) [28 ]. The deduced protein sequences of BivCaE were aligned using MacVector (ver. 6.5, Oxford Molecular Ltd., Oxford, UK). The prediction of the signal sequence of BivCaE was carried out by the SignalP 4.1 Server [29 ]. The protein sequence of BivCaE was registered in GenBank (accession number MW699017).
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