title: Isolation and sequence of a cDNA coding for the heavy chain constant region of IgG from the Australian brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula.
abstract: A brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) mesenteric lymph node cDNA library was screened with a South American short-tailed opossum (Monodlelphis domestica) immunoglobulin gamma heavy chain constant region (Cgamma) probe, resulting in the isolation of a 1518 nucleotide cDNA clone. The sequence corresponds to exons 1-3 of Cgamma. The Australian marsupial (T. vulpeculla) sequence is 70% identical at the amino acid level with the American marsupial (M. domestica) sequence, but less similar to the eutherian mammals (45-50%). These data provide the opportunity to compare the evolution of IgG between orders of marsupials separated by at least 75 million years and confirm the appearance of IgG prior to the metatherian/eutherian divergence.
authors.affiliation: CRC for Conservation and Management of Marsupials, School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Belov
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005091:Exons; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D006801:Humans; D007127:Immunoglobulin Constant Regions / Q000235:genetics; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000235:genetics*; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009893:Opossums / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007127:Immunoglobulin Constant Regions; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains