Germline genomic structure of the B10.A mouseTcra-V2 gene subfamily |
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Authors: | Hanne Gahéry-Ségard Evelyne Jouvin-Marche Adrien Six Carine Gris-Liebe Marie Malissen Bernard Malissen Pierre-André Cazenave Patrice N Marche |
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Institution: | (1) Unité d’Immunochimie Analytique, Département d’Immunologie, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UA 359 and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France, FR;(2) Centre d’Immunologie, U136 de Marseille-Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 05, France, FR |
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Abstract: | The number of mouse Tcra-V gene segments varies from one individual to another and is estimated to be about 100. Southern blot analysis revealed that
most of the Tcra-V are organized in clusters composed of copies of Tcra-V belonging to different subfamilies. We analyzed in detail a Tcra-V subfamily and looked for new Tcra-V in order to improve the knowledge of the mouse Tcra locus organization. A series of genomic clones derived from the B10.A mouse strain enclosing these clusters was used to determined
the structure of all the Tcra-V2. We were able to identify ten Tcra-V2. This study showed that the Tcra-V2 can be organized into three structural subgroups. The distribution of the genes along the Tcra locus, plus their structural organization, indicates that successive duplications occurred during the processes of expansion
and contraction of the Tcra-V gene subfamilies. Several Tcra-V2 are also identical, indicating recent duplications. The most divergent Tcra-V2 differ by 7.4% nucleotides, leading to 5.2% differences in amino acid contents.
Received: 8 August 1995 / Revised: 24 April 1996 |
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