title: QUOD ERAT FACIENDUM: sequence analysis of the H2-D and H2-Q regions of 129/SvJ mice.
abstract: The H2-D and -Q regions of the mouse major histocompatibility complex ( Mhc or H2) have been sequenced from strain 129/SvJ (haplotype bc), revealing a D/Q region different from all other investigated haplotypes, including the closely related b haplotype. The 300-kb class I-rich region consists of the classical class I, H2-D, and 11 non-classical class I genes. The Q region was formed by two series of tandem duplications. Comparison of the segment between the D and Q1 genes with the H2-K region provides evidence that class I genes were translocated from the K region to the D region, and gives a new explanation for the weak locus specificity of the H-Kand H2-Dalleles.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9050, USA. Attila.Kumanovics@UTSouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumánovics
authors.forename: Anup
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Madan
authors.forename: Shizhen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rowen
authors.forename: Leroy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hood
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fischer Lindahl
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial; D005805:Genes, MHC Class I; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D006183:H-2 Antigens