Biochemical confirmation of recombination within the B-G subregion of the chicken major histocompatibility complex

Immunogenetics. 1988;27(2):127-32. doi: 10.1007/BF00351086.

Abstract

Analysis of the B-G antigens of eight chicken major histocompatibility complex (B) system recombinant haplotypes by high resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis has provided evidence for the transfer of the complete B-G subregion in seven cases. In the eighth, a partial duplication within the B-G subregion appears to have occurred. In this recombinant, the entire array of polypeptides associated with one parental allele, B-G23, is expressed together with nearly the entire array of B-G polypeptides of the other parental haplotype, B2. This compound polypeptide pattern corroborates the serological evidence for a partial duplication within the B-G subregion and provides indirect evidence for the existence of multiple loci within B-G and for a means by which polymorphism may be introduced into the chicken major histocompatibility complex.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chickens / genetics*
  • Chickens / immunology
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Isoelectric Point
  • Major Histocompatibility Complex*
  • Molecular Weight
  • Recombination, Genetic