ISSN:
1744-313X
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
In a series of six independent experiments organ homogenates of 35 mice of the XX, XO or XY sex chromosome constitutions were absorbed using three different anti-H-Y antisera raised in inbred female LEW rats. Residual activities of absorbed antisera were tested in the Raji cell, complement-dependent, cytotoxicity test. Homogenates of various tissues, including the gonads, of XX and XO females were equally unable to absorb H-Y antibodies, indicating that tissues of these mice do not carry the H-Y antigen. In contrast, XY male homogenates fully absorbed H-Y antibodies of antisera at concentrations of ½ to 1/4. We discuss our findings with special attention to the problem of the existence of one or more H-Y antigens and, to the genetic regultion of the expression of this antigen.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-313X.1985.tb00829.x
