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R Butler

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Ag(c): recognition by a monoclonal antibody.

A monoclonal antibody directed against human apolipoprotein B, which was previously shown in family studies to detect allelic variations (J Biol Chem 1984; 259:6423-6430), has now been identified with the Ag(c) factor. This identification allows the location of the Ag system on the structural gene for apolipoprotein B and on the short arm of human chromosome 2. The epitope corresponding to Ag(c) is located within the amino acid sequence common to apolipoproteins B-100 and B-48. Since a single molecule of apolipoprotein B-100 is present on human LDL, individual LDL possesses either the epitope corresponding to Ag(c) or that corresponding to Ag(g). These studies on allelic variation among human apolipoprotein B species parallel similar studies in animals in which a relationship to atherosclerosis was found.

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Two DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms associated with Ag(t/z) and Ag(g/c) antigenic sites of human apolipoprotein B.

Several high frequency restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) associated with the human gene for apolipoprotein B have been previously reported by Priestly et al. The EcoRI RFLP here was shown to be very strongly associated with the Ag(t/z) immunochemical polymorphism of human low density lipoproteins, allowing correct Ag(t/z) phenotyping of 17 (out of 17 tested) unrelated individuals. The Xbal RFLP was associated with the Ag(g/c) immunochemical polymorphism, permitting correct phenotyping of 14 (out of 17 tested) unrelated individuals. Its close association with an RFLP permitted localization of the Ag(t/z) polymorphism to the C-terminal end of the apolipoprotein B peptide, and allowed detailed discussion of its probable molecular basis.

Apolipoproteins B↗