title: Three novel MICB alleles.
abstract: The two members of the MHC class I chain-related (MIC) gene family, MICA and MICB, have been shown by several investigators to be polymorphic. Most of the research effort so far has focussed on MICA, so less is known about the extent of polymorphism in the MICB gene. Here we report three novel MICB alleles, which had been detected in the course of an SSOP typing study on a large cohort of cell lines. Two of these alleles are formed by a non-synonymous nucleotide variation. Our results confirm previous findings that most of the polymorphisms in the MICB gene, as in MICA, are coding and suggest that the extent of polymorphism in the two genes might be comparable.
authors.affiliation: The Anthony Nolan Research Institute, The Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez-Rodríguez
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Argüello
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McWhinnie
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Travers
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Madrigal
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; C098080:MICB antigen