The chicken beta 2-microglobulin gene is located on a non-major histocompatibility complex microchromosome: a small, G+C-rich gene with X and Y boxes in the promoter.
Riegert P, Andersen R, Bumstead N, Döhring C, Dominguez-Steglich M, Engberg J, Salomonsen J, Schmid M, Schwager J, Skjødt K, Kaufman J. The chicken beta 2-microglobulin gene is located on a non-major histocompatibility complex microchromosome: a small, G+C-rich gene with X and Y boxes in the promoter. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1996, 93: 1243-1248. PMID: 8577748, PMCID: PMC40064, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.3.1243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase CompositionBase Sequencebeta 2-MicroglobulinBlotting, SouthernChickensChromosome MappingCloning, MolecularConsensus SequenceCrosses, GeneticDNADNA, ComplementaryEnhancer Elements, GeneticErythrocytesFemaleGenes, MHC Class IHumansIn Situ HybridizationMajor Histocompatibility ComplexMaleMolecular Sequence DataPolymorphism, GeneticPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthPromoter Regions, GeneticRestriction MappingSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidT-LymphocytesConceptsY-boxHigh G+C contentBeta 2-microglobulin geneDeletion of DNARestriction fragment length polymorphismInterferon regulatory elementSubunit of major histocompatibility complexFragment length polymorphismG+C contentGenome organizationGenomic clonesG+C-richAntigenic peptides to T lymphocytesPeptides to T lymphocytesRegulatory elementsCoding regionMicrochromosomesPromoter regionBackcross familiesChicken MHCLength polymorphismMHC genesGenesCongenic linesI alpha
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