T cell allotypic determinants encoded by genes linked to the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus. I. Establishment of monoclonal antibodies against allotypic determinants
Aihara, Y.; Tadokoro, I.; Katoh, K.; Minami, M.; Okuda, K.
Journal of Immunology 130(6): 2920-2925
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1767 PMID: 6406598 Document Number: 204854
In the mouse, genetic analysis of antigenic determinants detected by monoclonal antibodies for T-cell allotypic determinants revealed that these antibodies react with the gene products of the telomeric portion of the chromosome carrying the Igh V-region gene cluster. In vivo, these monoclonal antibodies modified anti-sheep-erythrocyte antibody production only in mice of the Igh-1b allotype. Using recombinant strains, the gene coding for the T-cell-specific determinants was mapped to a locus within the V-region and centromeric to prealbumin, located in a segment, named IgT-C, which includes all the Ig genes and a histocompatibility gene H-Ig.