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Restriction fragment analysis has been applied to genomic DNA extracted from human tumor cell lines. Polymorphic restriction fragments encompassing the HLA-DQ α gene were observed upon digestion with Bgl II, Eco RI, and Hind III. Analysis of these polymorphic fragments (or allogenotopes) showed that for each restriction enzyme a series of three differently sized allogenotopes existed. Clusters of cosegregating allogenotopes belonging to the different allelic series defined three different allogenotypes. Each allogenotype exhibited a distinctive restriction map generated by digestion with five restriction enzymes. Comparison of these restriction maps showed that generation of the polymorphisms observed at the HLA-DQ α region in these sets of cell lines is not caused by a single event. In some B- and T-lymphoma cell lines a fourth allogenotype was found. The restriction site map of genomic DNA from these cell lines suggested that the latter distribution of restriction enzyme sites was most probably generated by recombination between two of the previously observed allogenotypes at a crossover site(s) adjacent to the HLA-DQ α gene.
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Guardiola, J., Maffei, A., Carrel, S. et al. Molecular genotyping of the HLA-DQ α gene region. Immunogenetics 27, 12–18 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00404438
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