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. 1984 Aug;81(15):4908–4911. doi: 10.1073/pnas.81.15.4908

Genes for murine fourth complement component (C4) and sex-limited protein (Slp) identified by hybridization to C4- and Slp-specific cDNA.

R T Ogata, D S Sepich
PMCID: PMC391601  PMID: 6589636

Abstract

Murine fourth component of complement (C4) and sex-limited protein (Slp) are two closely related serum proteins whose structural genes lie in the S region of the murine H-2 complex. We have cloned two very similar (95% nucleotide sequence identity) cDNAs; they encode amino acid sequences that are distinct but that correspond equally well with the limited amino acid sequence available for murine and human C4. We have identified one of these as C4 cDNA and the other as Slp cDNA by comparing, in a RNA blot hybridization experiment, the extent of hybridization of the two cDNAs to liver mRNAs from inbred mouse strains expressing varying amounts of C4 and Slp proteins in their plasma. The C4 and Slp cDNAs were used in a Southern blot experiment to identify the C4 and Slp genes in the molecular map of the S region.

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