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The Daudi cell line is characterized by an absence of HLA antigen on its surface. This has been attributed to a lack of β2-microglobulin (β2M) while the heavy chain of HLA is present intracellularly. Karyotype analysis of Daudi cells has shown a deletion involving one of the β2-microglobulin alleles. It was generally believed that the absence of β2-microglobulin in that cell line resulted from an absence of expression of the remaining gene. We report here the unexpected finding of a normal amount of β2-microglobulin messenger RNA in Daudi cells. This was demonstrated by “Northern blot” hybridization with cDNA plasmid clones as a probe. This mRNA, however, when purified by hybridization-selection with β2-microglobulin plasmid DNA., is unable to function as messenger in protein synthesis and is therefore an inactive mRNA. The finding of a translationally inactive β2-microglobulin mRNA. provides a new explanation for the absence of β2-microglobulin and therefore of HLA antigens in Daudi cells.
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de Prévall, C., Mach, B. The absence of β 2-microglobulin in Daudi cells: Active gene but inactive messenger RNA. Immunogenetics 17, 133–140 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00364753
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