title: Molecular basis for the nonexpression of V beta 17 in some strains of mice.
abstract: The TCR alpha/beta variable element V beta 17a is expressed in all strains of mice carrying the V beta a complex in which about half of the V beta elements have been lost due to a large deletion. The mAb KJ23a detects V beta 17a containing alpha/beta receptors in these mice. Mouse strains with the V beta b complex carry a full complement of V beta genes including a structural gene for V beta 17 (V beta 17b), but no T cells reactive with KJ23a are present in these mice. Among random peripheral T cell hybridomas prepared from V beta b mice, occasional V beta 17b transcripts are found. The sequence of one of these transcripts reveals a single base difference from V beta 17a which results in a termination codon within the coding region inactivating the gene.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, CO.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wade
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bill
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Marrack
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kappler
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001483:Base Sequence; D015333:Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell