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A True New Gene: An Invertebrate Antibody Igkappa Gene

Michel Leclerc1, Nadine Vincent2, Magne Osteras2 and Patricia Otten2
  • 1 556 Rue Isabelle Romée, France
  • 2 Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland

Abstract

The sea star Asterias rubens reacts specifically to the antigen: Horse-Radish Peroxydase (HRP) and produces an «antibody» anti-HRP.We had presented a candidate IgKappa gene corresponding to this last one in 2013. We show now the gene called: «sea star IgKappa gene» in its specificity. We have to know, at the present time that, at our knowledge, the sea star doesn’t react specifically to all the antigens.

American Journal of Immunology
Volume 9 No. 4, 2013, 101-102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2013.101.102

Submitted On: 7 September 2013 Published On: 24 September 2013

How to Cite: Leclerc, M., Vincent, N., Osteras, M. & Otten, P. (2013). A True New Gene: An Invertebrate Antibody Igkappa Gene. American Journal of Immunology, 9(4), 101-102. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajisp.2013.101.102

Open AccessCopyright: © 2013 Michel Leclerc, Nadine Vincent, Magne Osteras and Patricia Otten. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Invertebrate
  • Sea Star
  • Igkappa Gene