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7693583

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-12-16
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We have used the novel strategy of overlapping yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) clones to localize a series of new transcripts within a 170 kb region of the human major histocompatibility complex (MHC), containing genes likely to be of importance for disease susceptibility. Using cloned genomic probes we have further localized these transcripts to a region 15 kilobases (kb) centromeric of HLA-B. In the liver there are at least four transcripts ranging in size between 7.5 kb and 3.4 kb, while in the lung two transcripts of 5.8 kb and 4.2 kb are detected. The possible implications of these transcripts for autoimmune disease are discussed, given that they are located in a region previously shown to be of importance for susceptibility to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and myasthenia gravis. Furthermore, we conclude that YACs as large as 360 kb are able to be used as probes to identify new transcripts and that the MHC region between HLA-B and BAT1 is the site of a large multiply spliced gene, provisionally designated PERB6.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0093-7711
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:geneSymbol
BAT1, HLA-B, PERB6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Large transcripts and sequence from a polymorphic 170 kb MHC region implicated in susceptibility to autoimmune disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Immunology, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't