Quantitative variations in the expression of the mouse serum antigen Ss and its sex-limited allotype Slp
✍ Scribed by T. H. Hansen; T. N. Krasteff; D. C. Shreffler
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 671 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-2928
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✦ Synopsis
A radial immunodiffusion assay for quantitation of the Ss and Slp serum antigens is described. Significant differences between the mean serum concentrations of Ss and Slp were found among various inbred strains. Some of these differences have been shown to be associated with the H-2 haplotype. The quantitative difference between Slp levels assoeiated with the H-2 a and H-2 s haplotypes has been used as a marker for the S region in the analysis of certain H-2 recombinant strains [A.TH, BIO.S(7R), BIO.S(9R), and BIO.BSVS]. Male mice of two strains with the H-2 b haplotype have been shown to have significantly lower levels of Ss compared to males of the other strains tested. Male mice of every strain examined were found to have significantly higher levels of Ss in their serum than females of the same strain. The molecular relationship and developmental patterns of the Ss and Slp antigens have also been investigated using the radial immunodiffusion assay.