Two Mutant Lines of Mice Have Been Identified, Each of Which

question 16

Multiple Choice

Two mutant lines of mice have been identified, each of which has a defect in T cell development. The subsets of thymocytes found in each mutant mouse line are shown in Figure

To narrow down the possible defects in each mutant line, a series of bone marrow chimeras are made in which bone marrow from one strain of mice (the ‘donor’ strain) is used to reconstitute a second strain (the ‘recipient’ strain) , immediately following the irradiation of the recipient strain to eliminate its own hematopoietic cells. In this procedure, the resulting chimeras have hematopoietic cells that are 100% derived from the donor strain, and all other cells and tissues are derived from the recipient strain. The thymocyte profiles of the series of bone marrow chimeras is shown in Figure in each case the label at the top of each FACS plot refers to ‘donor bone marrow recipient’:

-A potential candidate molecule for the gene that is defective in Mutant-2 is:

• A) CD4
• B) MHC class II
• C) Th-POK
• D) MHC class I
• E) Runx3

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Illustrate the structural organization of lipids in biological membranes.

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