A new gene in A. rubens: A sea star Ig kappa gene

Nadine Vincent; Magne Osteras; Patricia Otten; Michel Leclerc

doi:10.1016/j.mgene.2014.03.005

A new gene in A. rubens: A sea star Ig kappa gene

Meta Gene. 2014 May 4:2:320-2. doi: 10.1016/j.mgene.2014.03.005. eCollection 2014 Dec.

Authors

Nadine Vincent¹, Magne Osteras¹, Patricia Otten¹, Michel Leclerc²

Affiliations

¹ Fasteris CH-1228, Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland.
² 556 rue Isabelle Romée, Sandillon, France.

Abstract

The sea star Asterias rubens reacts specifically to the antigen:HRP (horse-radish peroxydase) and produces an antibody anti-HRP. We previously identified a candidate Ig kappa gene corresponding to this manuscript. We show now the gene referred to as: "sea star Ig kappa gene in its specificity".

Keywords: Primitive antibody; Sea star Ig kappa gene.