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The immunoglobulin λ light chain locus of man contains six λ-like genes arranged tandemly on a 50-kilobase segment of chromosomal DNA. The sequences of three of these genes correspond to three known non-allelic λ chain isotypes: Mcg, Ke−Oz− and Ke−Oz+. They surround a highly polymorphic and evidently unstable region that is repeatedly deleted when cloned in Escherichia coli. Three additional, but as yet unlinked, λ-like sequences have also been cloned, suggesting that the λ genes form an unexpectedly large family within the human genome.
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Hieter, P., Hollis, G., Korsmeyer, S. et al. Clustered arrangement of immunoglobulin λ constant region genes in man. Nature 294, 536–540 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/294536a0
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