title: The T cell receptor beta genes of Xenopus.
abstract: cDNA of the T cell receptor beta (TCRB) have been isolated from the anuran amphibian Xenopus and they show strong structural homology to TCRB sequences of other vertebrates. Ten BV families, two D segments, ten J segments, and a single C region have been defined so far. Each V family consists of one to two members per haploid genome. A unique feature of the Xenopus TCRB constant region is the lack of N-linked carbohydrate glycosylation sites. The recombination signal sequences suggest that the mechanism of rearrangements are identical to those of mammals. The locus is inherited in a diploid manner despite the pseudotetraploidy of the Xenopus laevis and X. gilli used in this study.
authors.affiliation: Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland. isabelle@dral.eunet.ch
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chretien
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marcuz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fellah
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Charlemagne
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Du Pasquier
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003545:Cysteine / Q000737:chemistry; D015870:Gene Expression; D015333:Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor; D005796:Genes; D006031:Glycosylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D010802:Phylogeny; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics*; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D003545:Cysteine