title: Idiotypic analysis of the response of C57BL/6 mice to the (4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl)acetyl group.
abstract: Strain C57BL/6 mice produce a highly restricted primary response to the (4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl)acetyl (NP) group. This response is composed of molecules having mu or gamma1 heavy chains and light chains of the lambda type. A guinea pig anti-idiotype was raised to the purified C57BL/6 primary anti-NP immunoglobulin. After suitable absorption, this anti-idiotype was shown to detect markers present on the primary anti-NP immunoglobulin only of those strains which express the Ig-1b allotype. Breeding experiments demonstrated that the marker segregated with the heavy chain linkage group.
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D005796:Genes; D005838:Genotype; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051379:Mice; D008805:Mice, Inbred A; D008806:Mice, Inbred AKR; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000276:immunology*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D009596:Nitrophenols