Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

YAC-assisted cloning of a putative G-protein mapping to the MHC class I region

Journal Article · · Genomics; (United States)
 [1];  [2]; ; ;  [3]
  1. INSERM-CNRS de Marseille-Luminy (France) CBM-CNRS, Marseille (France)
  2. Hospital d'Enfants de la Timone, Marseille (France)
  3. Centre d'Immunologie, Marseille (France)
The authors report the successful use of whole yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) as probes for direct positional cloning of novel expressed sequences in a given genomic fragment. The class I region of the human major histocompatibility complex, in particular the chromosomal fragment spanning the HLA-E locus, was investigated. The screening of a cDNA library with a 210- kb-long YAC clone led to the identification of a new gene, positionally conserved in the major histocompatibility complex of the mouse genome and encoding a putative GTP binding protein. Although its precise function remains unknown, the interspecies conservation of both sequence and map position suggests a regulatory or functional link with the histocompatibility cluster. 27 refs., 6 figs.
OSTI ID:
6443571
Journal Information:
Genomics; (United States), Journal Name: Genomics; (United States) Vol. 14:4; ISSN GNMCEP; ISSN 0888-7543
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Application of cDNA selection techniques to regions of the human MHC
Journal Article · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Genomics; (United States) · OSTI ID:7077350

A human homologue to the yeast omnipotent suppressor 45 maps 100 kb centromeric to HLA-A
Journal Article · Fri Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1995 · Immunogenetics · OSTI ID:91088

Cloning the human major histocompatibility complex in YACs
Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Genomics · OSTI ID:183687