ISSN:
1744-313X
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Individuals with selective absence of IgG1 and IgG2 were discovered by testing for allotypes and isotypes of the respective sub-classes. These individuals were homozygous for sub-class deleted Gm-Am haplotypes, as shown by allotype studies in two families (Gm-;…;g;A2ml/Gm-;n;b;A2ml and Gm-;n;b;A2ml/Gm-;…;b;A2ml) and by a population study of New Guineans (Gm fa;-;b;A2m2). The individuals with IgGl sub-class deficiency showed elevation of IgG2, IgG4 and in particular of IgG3.Gene deletion can result from unequal crossing over which renders a complementary chromosome with a duplication of a sub-class gene. In one family, duplication of γ3 genes was observed to have happened in one of a twin pair. Quantitation of sub-classes in families with γ1- and with γ3-duplicated haplotypes did not show increased levels of the gene involved.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-313X.1980.tb00722.x
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