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A new electrophoretic variant of the lactate dehydrogenase B subunit was found in the erythrocytes of the COP strain of the rat. The location of the band after the electrophoresis suggested a product of the structural gene for the B subunit. Two alleles that regulated the high amount (Ldh-2 a)or the low amount (Ldh-2 b)of the B subunit were found and segregated in Mendelian fashion. The activity was regulated by the closely linked (<1 cM) regulatory gene Ldr-1.
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Stolc, V. A polymorphic variant of the lactate dehydrogenase B subunit in the rat. Genetica 72, 65–68 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00126979
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