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Class I genes have split from the MHC in the tammar wallaby

Class I genes have split from the MHC in the tammar wallaby
Class I genes have split from the MHC in the tammar wallaby
Genes within the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) are critical to the immune response and immunoregulation. Comparative studies have revealed that the MHC has undergone many changes throughout evolution yet in tetrapods the three different classes of MHC genes have maintained linkage, suggesting that there may be some functional advantage obtained by maintaining this clustering of MHC genes. Here we present data showing that class II and III genes, the antigen processing gene TAP2, and MHC framework genes are found together in the tammar wallaby on chromosome 2. Surprisingly class I loci were not found on chromosome 2 but were mapped to ten different locations spread across six chromosomes. This distribution of class I loci in the wallaby on nearly all autosomes is not a characteristic of all marsupials and may be a relatively recent phenomenon. It highlights the need for the inclusion of more than one marsupial species in comparative studies and raises questions regarding the functional significance of the clustering of MHC genes
1424-8581
205-211
Deakin, J.E.
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Siddle, H.V.
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Cross, J.G.R.
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Belov, K.
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Graves, J.A.M.
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Deakin, J.E.
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Siddle, H.V.
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Cross, J.G.R.
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Belov, K.
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Graves, J.A.M.
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Deakin, J.E., Siddle, H.V., Cross, J.G.R., Belov, K. and Graves, J.A.M. (2007) Class I genes have split from the MHC in the tammar wallaby. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 116 (3), 205-211. (doi:10.1159/000098188). (PMID:17317961)

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Genes within the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) are critical to the immune response and immunoregulation. Comparative studies have revealed that the MHC has undergone many changes throughout evolution yet in tetrapods the three different classes of MHC genes have maintained linkage, suggesting that there may be some functional advantage obtained by maintaining this clustering of MHC genes. Here we present data showing that class II and III genes, the antigen processing gene TAP2, and MHC framework genes are found together in the tammar wallaby on chromosome 2. Surprisingly class I loci were not found on chromosome 2 but were mapped to ten different locations spread across six chromosomes. This distribution of class I loci in the wallaby on nearly all autosomes is not a characteristic of all marsupials and may be a relatively recent phenomenon. It highlights the need for the inclusion of more than one marsupial species in comparative studies and raises questions regarding the functional significance of the clustering of MHC genes

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Published date: 2007
Organisations: Centre for Biological Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 362993
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/362993
ISSN: 1424-8581
PURE UUID: 6e338199-2ae3-49ae-9cd6-d2f865b7bd91
ORCID for H.V. Siddle: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2906-4385

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:49

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Author: J.E. Deakin
Author: H.V. Siddle ORCID iD
Author: J.G.R. Cross
Author: K. Belov
Author: J.A.M. Graves

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