Difference in number of loci of swine leukocyte antigen classical class I genes among haplotypes |
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Authors: | Tanaka-Matsuda Maiko Ando Asako Rogel-Gaillard Claire Chardon Patrick Uenishi Hirohide |
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Institution: | Second Research Division, Institute of Society for Techno-innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kamiyokoba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. |
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Abstract: | The structure of the entire genomic region of swine leukocyte antigen (SLA)-the porcine major histocompatibility complex--was recently elucidated in a particular haplotype named Hp-1.0 (H01). However, it has been suggested that there are differences in the number of loci of SLA genes, particularly classical class I genes, among haplotypes. To clarify the between-haplotype copy number variance in genes of the SLA region, we sequenced the genomic region carrying SLA classical class I genes on two different haplotypes, revealing increments of up to six in the number of classical class I genes in a single haplotype. All of the SLA-1(-like) (SLA-1 and newly designated SLA-12) and SLA-3 genes detected in the haplotypes thus analyzed were transcribed in the individual. The process by which duplication of SLA classical class I genes was likely to have occurred was interpreted from an analysis of repetitive sequences adjacent to the duplicated class I genes. |
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