The tammar wallaby major histocompatibility complex shows evidence of past genomic instability
The tammar wallaby major histocompatibility complex shows evidence of past genomic instability
The wallaby MHC has been extensively remodeled since the American and Australian marsupials last shared a common ancestor. The instability is characterized by the movement of antigen presenting genes away from the core MHC, most likely via the presence and activity of retroviral elements. We propose that the movement of class II genes away from the ancestral class II region has allowed this gene family to expand and diversify in the wallaby. The duplication of TAP genes in the wallaby MHC makes this species a unique model organism for studying the relationship between MHC gene organization and function.
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Whilming, Laurens G.
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Harrow, Jennifer
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August 2011
Siddle, Hannah V.
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Deakin, Janine E.
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Whilming, Laurens G.
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Harrow, Jennifer
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Siddle, Hannah V., Deakin, Janine E., Coggill, Penny, Whilming, Laurens G., Harrow, Jennifer, Kaufman, Jim, Beck, Stephan and Belov, Katherine
(2011)
The tammar wallaby major histocompatibility complex shows evidence of past genomic instability.
BMC Genomics, 12, .
(doi:10.1186/1471-2164-12-421).
(PMID:21854592)
Abstract
The wallaby MHC has been extensively remodeled since the American and Australian marsupials last shared a common ancestor. The instability is characterized by the movement of antigen presenting genes away from the core MHC, most likely via the presence and activity of retroviral elements. We propose that the movement of class II genes away from the ancestral class II region has allowed this gene family to expand and diversify in the wallaby. The duplication of TAP genes in the wallaby MHC makes this species a unique model organism for studying the relationship between MHC gene organization and function.
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