has role protective antigen role protective antigen Western equine encephalomyelitis virus protein E2 from Western equine encephalomyelitis virus This report describes the successful cloning of the E2 gene of WEEV and expression in Escherichia coli as inclusion bodies. The immunogenicity of the refolded rE2 protein was demonstrated by strong humoral and cell mediated immune (CMI) responses in rE2-immunized BALB/c mice. The current study also demonstrated that rE2-immunized mice could be partially protected from lethal challenge of WEEV [PubMed: 17499379]. protein Allen Xiang Protegen ID: 773; NCBI Protein GI: 29611992; NCBITaxon: 11039 Oliver He