title: Cloning of a gene encoding a lupus-associated human autoantibody VK region using the polymerase chain reaction and degenerate primers.
abstract: The variable light-chain-encoding gene of a human autoantibody secreted by a B-cell hybridoma derived from a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus was amplified using the polymerase chain reaction and degenerate primers. After cloning, the nucleotide sequence of the EcoRI-HindIII region was determined. It is highly homologous to a previously described gene expressed by a human lymphoid cell line.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chastagner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thèze
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zouali
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics*; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains