title: Widespread transcription of a Qa region gene in adult mice.
abstract: The mouse MHC class I family includes genes encoded in four regions: H-2K, H-2D, Qa and Tla. While K/D genes are well characterized, relatively little is known about Qa or Tla genes. We have studied the transcription of a B10.P Qa region gene. DNA sequence comparisons of the transmembrane region, supported by Southern blot analysis of cosmid and genomic DNAs from BALB/c and C57BL/10, demonstrate the lambda 3a gene corresponds to Q4p. In both Northern blots and RNA protection experiments using probes derived from the 3' noncoding region, we found that Q4, like the H-2K and H-2D genes, is widely transcribed in B10.P tissues. These data demonstrate for the first time widespread transcription of a Qa gene.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000235:genetics; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D051379:Mice; D008806:Mice, Inbred AKR; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D006183:H-2 Antigens; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; C032907:Q surface antigens; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA