Exon shuffling generates an immunoglobulin heavy chain gene. (original) (raw)
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980 Apr; 77(4): 2138–2142.
Abstract
From endonuclease EcoRI partial libraries of DNAs from mouse embryo and MOPC 141, a gamma 2b-producing myeloma, clones were isolated by using a DNA fragment carrying the gamma 2b constant (C) region gene as a hybridization probe. One clone from MOPC 141 contained a heavy chain variable (V) gene and the C gamma 2b gene, as demonstrated by R-loop mapping. The V gene and C gene in this clone were separated by a 3.9-kilobase intron. The characterization of this clone as well as the embryonic clones suggest that at least two recombination events occurred to create the gamma 2b gene in MOPC 141. One of the events is analogous to the V-J joining previously demonstrated in the light chain genes, which brings the major part of the V gene next to a short coding sequence (J). The other event we refer to as "C mu-C gamma 2b switch recombination" because a portion of the intron between the V gene and C gene of the rearranged gamma 2b gene is derived from the 5' flanking sequence of the embryonic C mu gene. A model suggesting how the phenomenon of switch seen in lymphocytes may occur is presented.
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