Publication
Title
Complementary DNA sequences encoding the multimammate rat MHC class II DQ and chains and cross-species sequence comparison in rodents
Author
Abstract
Sequences of the complete open reading frame (ORF) for rodents major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II genes are rare. Multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis) complementary DNA (cDNA) encoding the a and b chains of MHC class II DQ gene was cloned from a rapid amplifications of cDNA Emds (RACE) cDNA library. The ORFs consist of 801 and 771 bp encoding 266 and 256 amino acid residues for DQB and DQA, respectively. The genomic structure of Mana-DQ genes is globally analogous to that described for other rodents except for the insertion of a serine residue in the signal peptide of Mana-DQB, which is unique among known rodents.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Tissue antigens: histocompatibility and immunogenetics. - København
Publication
København : 2009
ISSN
0001-2815 [print]
1399-0039 [online]
DOI
10.1111/J.1399-0039.2009.01305.X
Volume/pages
74 :3 (2009) , p. 233-237
ISI
000268714200006
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Infectious disease models: wildlife ecology, ecological disturbance and transmission to humans.
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Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 04.08.2009
Last edited 25.05.2022
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