OLFACTORY RECEPTOR-LIKE GENES ARE LOCATED IN THE HUMAN MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX

Authors
FAN WF LIU YC PARIMOO S WEISSMAN SM
Citation
Wf. Fan et al., OLFACTORY RECEPTOR-LIKE GENES ARE LOCATED IN THE HUMAN MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX, Genomics, 27(1), 1995, pp. 119-123
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Genomics → ACNP
ISSN journal
08887543
Volume
27
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
119 - 123
Database
ISI
SICI code
0888-7543(1995)27:1<119:ORGALI>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The murine major histocompatibility complex (NHC) includes sequences t hat are responsible for haplotype-specific odor types that, in turn, i nfluence mating preference. We report that there are several olfactory receptor genes or pseudogenes in the Class I region of the human MHC. At least one of these genes is intact, appears to encode an mRNA, and is quite homologous to a previously reported murine olfactory recepto r. (C) 1995 Academic Press, Inc.