Rearrangement of VHa1-encoding Ig gene segment to the a2 chromosome in an a1/a2 heterozygous rabbit. Evidence for trans recombination
Suter, M.; Becker, R.S.; Knight, K.L.
Journal of Immunology 144(5): 1997-2000
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1767 PMID: 2307849 Document Number: 353800
VDJ genes were cloned from leukemic B cells of an a1/a2 heterozygous Emu-cmyc transgenic rabbit. Restriction mapping and nucleotide sequence analysis indicated that one clone, 5C3, had a VHa1-encoding gene segment functionally rearranged to a JH gene segment from the a2 chromosome. This VDJ gene may be the result of a trans recombination between a VH gene on the a1 chromosome and a JH gene segment on the a2 chromosome or, it may be the result of a cis recombination if the a2 chromosome contains VHa1-encoding gene segments.