Table 3 Fully conserved stretches of a minimum of 3 bp in all DRB1-e2 sequences

4–8

5'-GTTTC-3'

Polypyrimidine tract

30–32

5'-TGT-3'

36–43

5'-TTCTTCA A-3'

5'-TTCTTC AA-3'

Deletion hotspot consensus sequence (5'-TGAAGA-3') in non-coding strand

Polypyrimidine tract (5'-TTCTTC-3')

47–49

5'-GAC-3'

51–54

5'-GAGC-3'

56–60

5'-GGTGC-3'

107–119

5'-CGACAGCGACGTG-3'

121–124

5'-GGGA-3'

Polypurine tract

142–145

5'-AGCT-3'

Part of the immunoglobulin heavy chain class switch repeat (5'-GAGCT-3')^a

5'-AGCT-3'

Part of the chi-like sequence (5'-GCT GGGG-3')^a

147–149

5'-GGG-3'

Part of deletion hotspot consensus sequence (5'-TGRRK M-3')^a

5'-GGG-3'

Part of the chi-like sequence (5'-GCTGGGG-3')^a

167–174

5'-CTGGAACA-3'

179–182

5'-GAAG-3'

210–215

5'-GTGGAC-3'

222–227

5'-TGCAGA-3'

229–235

5'-ACAACTA-3'

246–250

5'-GAGAG-3'

Polypurine trac

248–250

5'-GAG-3'

Part of the immunoglobulin heavy chain class switch repeat (5'-GAG CT-3')^a

252–256

5'-TTCA C-3'

Deletion hotspot consensus sequence

261–263

5'-CAG-3'

267–269

5'-CGA-3'