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K23: A low‐incidence antigen in the Kell blood group system identified by biochemical characterization
Author(s) -
Marsh W.L.,
Redman C.M.,
Kessler L.A.,
DiNapoli J.,
Scarborough A.L.,
Philipps A.G.,
Mody K.M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1987.27187121470.x
Subject(s) - antigen , antibody , dithiothreitol , epitope , microbiology and biotechnology , blot , polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis , immunoprecipitation , gel electrophoresis , nitrocellulose , red blood cell , chemistry , biology , biochemistry , immunology , gene , enzyme , membrane
An antibody in the serum of a gravida 4, para 3 woman reacted with red cells from two of her children, her husband, and his mother, but with none of more than 2100 reference red cell samples and blood samples from donors. The reactive antigen was inactivated by 2‐ aminoethylisothiouronium bromide or dithiothreitol‐papain treatment. The antigen was immunoprecipitated from paternal red cells with maternal antibody and shown to migrate by sodium dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electropheresis as a single protein of approximately 93,000 daltons. After transfer to nitrocellulose paper by Western blotting, the protein reacted with a rabbit antibody specific for Kell protein. The chemical inactivation and electrophoretic findings were characteristic of Kell group antigens. The reaction with the rabbit antibody establishes that the “new” low incidence antigen was an epitope on Kell group protein and must be coded for by the Kell gene. It has been designated K23.