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Transfer of a cloned immunoglobulin light-chain gene to mutant hybridoma cells restores specific antibody production

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The expression of immunoglobulin (Ig) genes is regulated at several levels. For example, although κ-chain production requires a DNA rearrangement that juxtaposes variable and joining segments1, this rearrangement is not sufficient for for κ-chain gene expression; that is, some cell types do not permit immunoglobulin production2–4. The mechanisms responsible for the regulation of the expression of rearranged immunoglobulin genes are poorly understood. The technique of modifying cloned genes in vitro and transferring the modified genes to cells in culture provides a tool for identifying the structural features required for gene expression. To analyse immunoglobulin genes in this manner, however, it is first necessary to use, as recipients, cells that normally permit immunoglobulin production. We report here that a cloned κ-chain gene is expressed in immunoglobulin-producing hybridoma cells. Furthermore, the product of the transferred κ-chain gene is capable of restoring specific antibody production to the transformed cells.

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  1. Marc J. Shulman: Rheumatic Disease Unit, Wellesley Hospital, and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M4Y 1J3

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  1. Ontario Cancer Institute and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, 500 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Canada, M4X 1K9

    Atsuo Ochi, Robert G. Hawley, Marc J. Shulman & Nobumichi Hozumi

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Ochi, A., Hawley, R., Shulman, M. et al. Transfer of a cloned immunoglobulin light-chain gene to mutant hybridoma cells restores specific antibody production. Nature 302, 340–342 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/302340a0

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