title: Evolution of a group of transposed human V kappa genes.
abstract: Eleven V kappa genes within a genomic region which has been transposed from the short to the long arm of chromosome 2 have been characterized by sequence analyses. Nine of the analysed genes exist within the genome in three highly homologous copies each. Sequence comparisons of the triplicated genes make it very likely that the three copies of a given gene were produced at different times during evolution. A chain of events which led to a stepwise amplification of precursor genes is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Physikalische Biochemie, Zellbiologie der Universität München.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Zimmer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quenzel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schek
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stiller
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thiebe
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Zachau
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D005784:Gene Amplification; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D006801:Humans; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics*; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011544:Pseudogenes
chemical_list: D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains