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Two types of liver-specific F antigen are encoded by a locus located on chromosome 5 in mice

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Two types of liver-specific F antigen in mice were distinguished by an immunoblotting technique after IEF of liver extracts. The IEF banding patterns consist of several bands whose pI vary from 7.57 to 8.15. One type of antigen (designated F2 antigen) showed a pattern that lacked some basic bands which are present in the pattern of the other type of antigen (designated F1 antigen). The latter type was found in AKR, CBA, C3H, DBA/2, and SM strains, while the former type was found in A, C57BL, and many other strains. Breeding experiments indicated that this variation is controlled by a single autosomal locus designated Laf (liver antigen F). Linkage analysis showed that the Laf locus is linked to the Pgm-1 locus on chromosome 5. The recombination frequency between these two loci is estimated to be 0.173 ± 0.037. The distribution of F1 and F2 antigen types among inbred strains is concordant with that of type 1 and type 2 F antigens, which have been previously distinguished by their immunogenic differences, i. e., whether alloimmunization with the liver extracts from a given strain of mice can produce the antibody to F antigen in certain strains of mice. It is suggested, therefore, that the Laf locus may encode an allogeneic moiety of F antigen molecules.

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Abbreviations

IEF:

isoelectric focusing

RI:

recombinant inbred

ICLAS:

International Council for Laboratory Animal Science

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  1. Institute for Experimental Animals, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, 920, Kanazawa, Japan

    Jun-ichiro Hayakawa & Hiroko Nikaido

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Hayakawa, Ji., Nikaido, H. Two types of liver-specific F antigen are encoded by a locus located on chromosome 5 in mice. Immunogenetics 26, 366–369 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00343706

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