| First Author | Sim GK | Year | 1985 |
| Journal | Cell | Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 | Pages | 89-92 |
| PubMed ID | 2410144 | Mgi Jnum | J:7927 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:56396 | Doi | 10.1016/s0092-8674(85)80104-5 |
| Citation | Sim GK, et al. (1985) V beta gene polymorphism and a major polyclonal T cell receptor idiotype. Cell 42(1):89-92 |
| abstractText | Genetic polymorphism in the beta variable gene pool (V beta) is responsible for the strain-specific distribution of the KJ16 T cell receptor (TcR) marker on 20% of peripheral T cells. KJ16+ strains carry two homologous V beta genes that are absent in KJ16- strains. All functional KJ16+ T cell hybrids tested express a member of this V beta subset. mRNA hybridizing to this variable-region probe can be easily detected in total splenic T cells of a prototype KJ16+ strain. Thus, 20% of the TcR from the cytotoxic and helper T cell population, with various MHC restrictions and antigen reactivities, can be generated from two V beta genes. However, their deletion appears to have no effect on the functionality of the T cell repertoire. |
