Article
V region gene usage and somatic mutation in the primary and secondary responses to influenza virus hemagglutinin.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Apr 1990
Clarke S H, Staudt L M, Kavaler J, Schwartz D, Gerhard W U, Weigert M G
Abstract excerpt
Most (80 to 90%) primary antibodies specific for the Sb site of influenza virus (A/PR/8/34) hemagglutinin share an Id (designated C4). Secondary antihemagglutinin(Sb) antibodies also exhibit the C4 Id although less frequently (10 to 15%). We have analyzed the V region nucleotide sequences of primary and secondary antibodies with the C4 Id. Primary C4 antibodies are encoded by the same Vk gene, belonging to the...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antibodies, Viral
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Hemagglutinins, Viral
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
- Immunoglobulin Idiotypes
