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. 1984 Mar;3(3):597–601. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1984.tb01854.x

Functional expression of a mouse H-2Kb gene isolated from non-expressing teratocarcinoma cells.

F Daniel-Vedele, D Morello, C Benicourt, C Transy, O Le Bail, F Plata, P Kourilsky
PMCID: PMC557394  PMID: 6714227

Abstract

Embryonal carcinoma cells do not express H-2 antigens or beta 2-microglobulin. Recent studies have suggested that the expression of these antigens is likely to be controlled at the level of transcription. To study the precise organization of the corresponding genes and their possible expression in adult mouse cells, we have isolated H-2-related genes from a genomic cosmid library constructed with PCC4-aza-RI from DNA of EC cells. Clones isolated from the library after stringent hybridization with an H-2 cDNA probe were tested for their ability to direct H-2 antigen synthesis after DNA-mediated gene transfer in a fibroblastic L cell. Four clones have been found to code for the major transplantation antigen H-2Kb. Structural analysis showed that these clones contained the same entire H-2Kb gene, identical to the corresponding gene isolated from differentiated C57Bl/10 cells. Furthermore, the present studies showed that this embryonal carcinoma gene was expressed and was functional when transfected into a differentiated cell.

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