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Characterization of a V κ family in Mus musculus castaneus: sequence analysis

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To examine genetic variation at immunoglobulin (Ig) multigene loci over short spans of evolutionary time, we have compared members of an Ig kappa chain variable (V κ) region family from several mouse species. In this study, seven unique Igk-V24 family members have been isolated from Mus m. castaneus and characterized by nucleotide sequence determination for comparison to their counterparts in Mus m domesticus (BALB/c), and Mus pahari, representing 1–2 million years of evolution in the former case and 5–8 million years in the latter. Parsimony, together with evolutionary distances calculated for various paris of Igk-V24 family coding regions, relate all family members to a common progenitor existing roughly 24 million years ago (Mya). A significant portion of the M. m. castaneus family consists of pseudogene segments in various degrees of progressive degeneration. The substitution patterns and divergence rates for all gene segments are characteristic of their respective subsets, especially in the areas flanking the coding regions. Complex and variable patterns of diversity are seen in potentially expressed coding regions, which appear to reflect quite different selective pressures on various subregions within the V κ protein domain. These results indicate that evolutionary pressures are operating at the level of family subsets, their individual members, and subregions within similar molecules.

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  1. Laboratory of Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 20892, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Terry J. Henderson & Stuart Rudikoff

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The nucleotide sequence data presented in this report have been submitted to the GenBank nucleotide sequence database and assigned the accession numbers (Igk-CaV24) M80407; (Igk-CaψV24A) M80408; (Igk-CaV24B.1) M80409; (Igk-CaV24B.2) M80410; (Igk-CaψV24D.1) M80411; (Igk-CaψV24D.2) M80412; and (Igk-CaψV24D.3) M20892.

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Henderson, T.J., Rudikoff, S. Characterization of a V κ family in Mus musculus castaneus: sequence analysis. Immunogenetics 37, 426–436 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00222466

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