searching for HLA negative cell line

[John Ladasky]

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.

	Someone has, and it does, from one of the two damaged B2m loci.

	de Preval C, et al.
	The absence of beta 2-microglobulin in Daudi cells: active gene but
	inactive messenger RNA. 
	Immunogenetics. 1983;17(2):133-40. 

	Rosa F, et al.
	Presence of an abnormal beta 2-microglobulin mRNA in Daudi cells:
	induction by interferon. 
	Immunogenetics. 1983;17(2):125-31. 

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