L. Walter et al., COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS OF THE 3 MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX-LINKEDHEAT-SHOCK PROTEIN-70 (HSP70) GENES OF THE RAT, Immunogenetics, 40(5), 1994, pp. 325-330
The organization of the three major histocompatibility complex (Mhc)-l
inked heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) genes Hsp7O-1, Hsp70-2, and Hsp70-
3, and the nucleotide sequences of these genes, are presented for the
rat. Hsp70-1 and Hsp70-2 gene products are identical at the amino acid
level. From the pattern of sequence similarity of the orthologous Mhc
-linked Hsp70 genes of rat, human, and mouse, it is concluded that the
gene duplications leading to the three-gene cluster occurred before t
he separation of the primate and rodent lines and that the Hsp70-1 and
Hsp70-2 genes of rat and human might have undergone homogenization of
their sequences.