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H2-M polymorphism in mice susceptible to collagen-induced arthritis involves the peptide binding groove.

1996

The ability to develop type II collagen (CII)-induced arthritis (CIA) in mice is associated with the major histocompatibilityI-A gene and with as yet poorly defined regulatory molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigen processing and presentation pathway. H2-M molecules are thought to be involved in the loading of antigenic peptides into the MHC class II binding cleft. We sequencedH2-Ma, H2-Mb1, andH2-Mb2 genes from CIA-susceptible and-resistant mouse strains and identified four differentMa andMb2 alleles and three differentMb1 alleles defined by polymorphic residues within the predicted peptide binding groove. Most CIA-resistant mouse strains share commonMa, M…

musculoskeletal diseasesImmunologyGenes MHC Class IIMolecular Sequence DataGenes MHC Class IPeptide bindingMice Inbred StrainsMajor histocompatibility complexEpitopeMiceAntigenMHC class IGeneticsAnimalsAmino Acid SequencePhylogenyDNA PrimersMHC class IIPolymorphism GeneticbiologyBase SequenceSequence Homology Amino AcidAntigen processingH-2 AntigensHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIMolecular biologyArthritis ExperimentalHistocompatibilityHaplotypesbiology.proteinCollagenSequence AlignmentImmunogenetics
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