searching for HLA negative cell line

[Ian A. York]

In article <l03130302b267fa8ba8d7@[129.127.90.187]>,
alex dobrovic <adobrovic at medicine.adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
>Daudi is class 1 negative because it lacks B2 microglobulin. It may still
>express class 1 mRNAs though I am not sure if anyone has looked at this.

Daudi is *surface* negative for MHC class I (because it lacks b2m).  It
expresses the MHC class I proteins perfectly well, though they're retained
in the ER; and if beta-2 m is expressed in the cell the surface expression
of the MHC types is restored. Daudi has been haplotyped (it has an unusual
type), but I can't remember by whom.

Ian 
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