Palmer M J, Frelinger J A
J Exp Med. 1987 Jul 1;166(1):95-108. doi: 10.1084/jem.166.1.95.
The mouse MHC class I family includes genes encoded in four regions: H-2K, H-2D, Qa and Tla. While K/D genes are well characterized, relatively little is known about Qa or Tla genes. We have studied the transcription of a B10.P Qa region gene. DNA sequence comparisons of the transmembrane region, supported by Southern blot analysis of cosmid and genomic DNAs from BALB/c and C57BL/10, demonstrate the lambda 3a gene corresponds to Q4p. In both Northern blots and RNA protection experiments using probes derived from the 3' noncoding region, we found that Q4, like the H-2K and H-2D genes, is widely transcribed in B10.P tissues. These data demonstrate for the first time widespread transcription of a Qa gene.
小鼠MHC I类基因家族包括在四个区域编码的基因:H-2K、H-2D、Qa和Tla。虽然K/D基因已得到充分表征,但对Qa或Tla基因的了解相对较少。我们研究了B10.P Qa区域基因的转录。通过对跨膜区域的DNA序列比较,并辅以来自BALB/c和C57BL/10的黏粒和基因组DNA的Southern印迹分析,证明λ3a基因对应于Q4p。在使用源自3'非编码区的探针进行的Northern印迹和RNA保护实验中,我们发现Q4与H-2K和H-2D基因一样,在B10.P组织中广泛转录。这些数据首次证明了Qa基因的广泛转录。