Variants of Mta, the mouse maternally transmitted antigen, determined by three alleles of the extrachromosomal gene Mtf.

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Two new forms of Mta, the maternally transmitted antigen of the mouse, were defined by cytotoxic T lymphocytes. One is found in laboratory mice carrying the beta allele of the maternally transmitted factor, Mtf, which were previously thought to be Mta-negative. The other is associated with a new allele, Mtf gamma, and is found in wild mice from Toulouse. Like the common form of Mta, determined by the...

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