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. 1975 Nov;151(2):351–359. doi: 10.1042/bj1510351

A genetic marker in the variable region of rabbit immunoglobulin heavy chain.

L R Mole
PMCID: PMC1172365  PMID: 814893

Abstract

A previous study [Mole et al. (1971) Biochem. J. 124, 301-318] showed several differences in sequence between the variable (V) regions of rabbit immunoglobulin Aa1 and Aa3 heavy chains. The inheritance of one such difference has been followed in a family of 38 rabbits by a radioautographic peptide-'map' technique and is shown to segregate in a Mendelian fashion. This clearly demonstrates the presence of a genetic marker in the rabbit heavy-chain V region, although the finding that Aa2 and Aa3 heavy chains have identity of sequence in the region studied obscures the relationship of this genetic marker to the a locus.

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