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Table 4 Sequence similarity of MHC genes between cynomolgus monkeys and humans.

From: Analysis of 10,000 ESTs from lymphocytes of the cynomolgus monkey to improve our understanding of its immune system

MHC gene

RefSeq ID a

Nucleotide identity (%) b

Amino acid identity (%) c

Aligned exons d

Class I

A

NM_002116

84.7

88.6

3–5

 

B

NM_005514

86.1

86.5

1–7

 

E

NM_005516

80.1

84.3

2–4

 

F

NM_018950

73.9

75

4–6

Class II

DMA

NM_006120

94

96.6

2–3

 

DOA

NM_002119

92

95

3–4

 

DPA

NM_033554

93

96

2–5

 

DQA

NM_002122

91.5

93

1–3

 

DQB

NM_002123

94.6

95

2–3

 

DRA

NM_019111

94

96

1–4

 

DRB

NM_002124

88

89

1–4

  1. a. GenBank identifiers for the human reference sequences
  2. b. Nucleotide sequence identity between cynomolgus monkeys and humans
  3. c. Amino acid sequence identity between cynomolgus monkeys and humans
  4. d. Exons that MHC genes in our library aligned to the human reference sequences