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Immunoglobulin Epitopes in Primates
Author(s) -
Loghem Erna,
Lange Gerda
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1979.tb02312.x
Subject(s) - primate , epitope , antibody , biology , hylobates , old world , non human primate , immunoglobulin g , immunology , zoology , evolutionary biology , ecology
. Non‐human primate sera were investigated for the presence of various human immunoglobulin epitopes including allotypes of ϰ‐, γ1‐, γ2‐, γ3‐ and α2‐chains, isotypes of ϰ‐, γ1‐, γ2‐, γ3‐, γ4‐, α1‐, α2‐ and μ‐chains and iso‐allotypes. The non‐human primate sera comprised representatives of several species of apes, Old World monkeys, New World monkeys and prosimians. It is concluded that non‐human primate immunoglobulins have many structural similarities with those of human IgM, IgA and IgG. The extent of these similarities parallels the taxonomic classification.