E. Kandil et al., THE HUMAN GENE ENCODING THE HEAVY-CHAIN OF THE MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX CLASS I-LIKE FC RECEPTOR (FCGRT) MAPS TO 19Q13.3, Cytogenetics and cell genetics, 73(1-2), 1996, pp. 97-98
FcRn is an Fc receptor that structurally resembles the major histocomp
atibility complex class I molecule. In this study, we isolated the hum
an gene encoding the heavy chain of FcRn (FCGRT) and mapped it by fluo
rescence in situ hybridization to chromosome band 19q13.3. Thus, like
its mouse counterpart, the human FCGRT gene is located outside the maj
or histocompatibility complex.