Reference typing report for complement factor B. 1998

G Geserick, and P Otremba, and H Schröder, and B Stradmann-Bellinghausen, and P M Schneider
Institute of Legal Medicine, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Factor B (BF) reference typing was carried out on the occasion of the VIIth Complement Genetics Workshop in Mainz, May 1998. Two different sets of samples were analysed by agarose electrophoresis and/or isoelectric focusing at the protein level, and by PCR-RFLP analysis at the DNA level. These results confirmed the reliability of the standard agarose electrophoresis technique for the identification of the major BF alleles as well as for the identification of cathodic and anodic variants. However, the exact alphanumeric designation of individual variants relative to the reference distance between alleles S and F1 turned out to be more difficult. Using PCR-RFLP analysis, the common alleles F and S as well as the FA and FB subtypes in 6 samples containing an F allele were all assigned correctly. However, the variants F1 and S07 were not detected by this method, as they could not be distinguished from the accompanying S allele. Therefore, a combined application of all three typing methods is recommended for a reliable identification of factor B alleles, variants and FA/FB subtypes.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007525 Isoelectric Focusing Electrophoresis in which a pH gradient is established in a gel medium and proteins migrate until they reach the site (or focus) at which the pH is equal to their isoelectric point. Electrofocusing,Focusing, Isoelectric
D010641 Phenotype The outward appearance of the individual. It is the product of interactions between genes, and between the GENOTYPE and the environment. Phenotypes
D011415 Complement Factor B A glycine-rich, heat-labile serum glycoprotein that contains a component of the C3 CONVERTASE ALTERNATE PATHWAY (C3bBb). Bb, a serine protease, is generated when factor B is cleaved by COMPLEMENT FACTOR D into Ba and Bb. C3 Proactivator,C3PA,Complement 3 Proactivator,Factor B,Properdin Factor B,Bb Fragment of Factor B,Complement Factor B Fragment, Bb,Complement Factor B, Alternative Pathway,Complement Factor B-Derived Fragment Bb,Complement Factor Ba,Complement Factor Bb,Complement Protein B,Complement Protein Factor B,Properdin Factor Ba,Properdin Factor Bb,Properdin Factor Bf,Properdin Factor Bf F1,Bb, Complement Factor,Complement Factor B Derived Fragment Bb,Factor B, Complement,Factor B, Properdin,Factor Ba, Complement,Factor Ba, Properdin,Factor Bb, Complement,Factor Bb, Properdin,Factor Bf, Properdin,Proactivator, C3,Proactivator, Complement 3,Protein B, Complement
D012015 Reference Standards A basis of value established for the measure of quantity, weight, extent or quality, e.g. weight standards, standard solutions, methods, techniques, and procedures used in diagnosis and therapy. Standard Preparations,Standards, Reference,Preparations, Standard,Standardization,Standards,Preparation, Standard,Reference Standard,Standard Preparation,Standard, Reference
D012150 Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length Variation occurring within a species in the presence or length of DNA fragment generated by a specific endonuclease at a specific site in the genome. Such variations are generated by mutations that create or abolish recognition sites for these enzymes or change the length of the fragment. RFLP,Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism,RFLPs,Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D004587 Electrophoresis, Agar Gel Electrophoresis in which agar or agarose gel is used as the diffusion medium. Electrophoresis, Agarose Gel,Agar Gel Electrophoresis,Agarose Gel Electrophoresis,Gel Electrophoresis, Agar,Gel Electrophoresis, Agarose
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000483 Alleles Variant forms of the same gene, occupying the same locus on homologous CHROMOSOMES, and governing the variants in production of the same gene product. Allelomorphs,Allele,Allelomorph
D014644 Genetic Variation Genotypic differences observed among individuals in a population. Genetic Diversity,Variation, Genetic,Diversity, Genetic,Diversities, Genetic,Genetic Diversities,Genetic Variations,Variations, Genetic

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