Logo image
Alleles of the rat T-cell receptor beta chain gene complex
Journal article   Peer reviewed

Alleles of the rat T-cell receptor beta chain gene complex

E P Blankenhorn, P D Smith, C B Williams and G A Gutman
Immunogenetics (New York), v 35(5), pp 324-331
1992
PMID: 1348495

Abstract

Alleles Amino Acid Sequence Animals Base Sequence Blotting, Southern Chromosome Mapping DNA Probes Molecular Sequence Data Polymorphism, Genetic Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length Rats Rats, Inbred Strains - genetics Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta - genetics Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Inbred rat strains provide a rich source of genetic diversity in immunologically relevant genes. We have characterized the alleles of one of these genes, encoding the rat T-cell receptor C beta 1 chain, by Southern blots and nucleic acid sequencing. The Cb1 gene segments from DA and LEW rats display complex allotypic variation: both coding and noncoding regions contain multiple nucleotide substitutions. In addition, there is a polymorphic insertion of a rat repetitive LINE element 3' to the coding region. The Cb1 alleles are one part of larger Tcrb haplotypes, containing V beta, D beta, and J beta elements; complete Cb1 genomic nucleotide sequences, and a partial list of the strain distribution of the two alleles, are described in this report.

Metrics

9 Record Views
10 citations in Scopus

Details

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:

#3 Good Health and Well-Being

InCites Highlights

Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:

Collaboration types
Domestic collaboration
Web of Science research areas
Genetics & Heredity
Immunology
Logo image