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The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 117, 213-230, Copyright ©, 1963, by The Rockefeller Institute


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TWO MAJOR TYPES OF NORMAL 7S gamma-GLOBULIN

Mart Mannik M.D.1 and Henry G. Kunkel M.D.1

1 From The Rockefeller Institute

Normal 7S human gamma-globulin was found to contain two fundamental antigenic groups of molecules. The group 1 molecules of normal gammaglobulin correspond antigenically to group 1 multiple myeloma proteins and Bence Jones proteins; and group 2 molecules of normal gamma-globulin correspond antigenically to group 2 multiple myeloma proteins and Bence-Jones proteins. Among pooled human Fr II and several individual gamma-globulin preparations, approximately 60 per cent of molecules belong to group 1 and approximately 30 per cent of molecules to group 2 in this classification. The possible existence of a third minor antigenic group, constituting about 10 per cent, is discussed. Antisera to Bence Jones proteins of antigenic group 1 and group 2, in conjunction with I-131-labeled 7S gamma-globulin proved to be the most useful system for defining the antigenic groups of normal gamma-globulin. The group-specific antigenic determinants of normal 7S gamma-globulin molecules were located on the S fragments of these proteins.

Submitted on October 19, 1962


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