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Immunoglobulin heavy-chain joining genes in the rat: Comparison with mouse and human.

Gene 102, 261-264 (1991)
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We have cloned by the polymerase chain reaction a 2.1-kb fragment carrying heavy-chain joining (J(H)) gene segments and a part of the J(H)-C(μ) intron of the rat. Sequencing showed that the rat genome has four functional J(H) segments and that only a slight divergence has occurred after the separation of rat and mouse. A systematic sequence comparison between the two species and human revealed an additional J(H) pseudogene in rat and mouse 5' of J(H)1 which has not been described so far. The implications in evolutionary terms are discussed. In addition, we give an assessment of the misincorporation rate of the Taq polymerase.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords J Gene Segments ; Louvain Rat ; Nucleotide Sequence ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Pseudogene ; Recombinant Dna
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0378-1119
e-ISSN 1879-0038
Journal Gene
Quellenangaben Volume: 102, Issue: 2, Pages: 261-264 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
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Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institut für Immunologie