Article
Structural characterization of the caprine major histocompatibility complex class II DQB1 (Cahi-DQB1) gene.
Molecular immunology - 1 Jul 2004
Amills M, Sulas C, Sànchez A, Bertoni G, Zanoni R, Obexer-Ruff G
Abstract excerpt
The major histocompatibility class II genes have been extensively characterized in sheep and cattle, whereas in goats the only class II genes that have been completely sequenced are DRA and DRB. Herewith, we report the complete coding sequence of the goat DQB1 gene. This gene has a single open reading frame of 786bp, being organized in five exons and displaying 95-97% nucleotide identity with its bovine and ovine...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cattle
- Genetic Variation
- Goats
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Alignment
- Sheep
