Genomics of the major histocompatibility complex: haplotypes, duplication, retroviruses and disease

R Dawkins, C Leelayuwat, S Gaudieri… - Immunological …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The genomic region encompassing the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) contains
polymorphic frozen blocks which have developed by local imperfect sequential duplication …

Viral ancestors of antiviral systems

LP Villarreal - Viruses, 2011 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
All life must survive their corresponding viruses. Thus antiviral systems are essential in all
living organisms. Remnants of virus derived information are also found in all life forms but …

SNP profile within the human major histocompatibility complex reveals an extreme and interrupted level of nucleotide diversity

S Gaudieri, RL Dawkins, K Habara, JK Kulski… - Genome …, 2000 - genome.cshlp.org
The human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is characterized by polymorphic
multicopy gene families, such as HLA and MIC (PERB11); duplications; insertions and …

The widespread evolutionary significance of viruses

LP Villarreal - Origin and Evolution of Viruses, 2008 - Elsevier
In the last 30 years, the study of virus evolution has undergone a transformation. Originally
concerned with disease and its emergence, virus evolution had not been well integrated into …

The Association Between HLA-A Alleles and an Alu Dimorphism Near HLA-G

JK Kulski, P Martinez, N Longman-Jacobsen… - Journal of molecular …, 2001 - Springer
Abstract The Alu Yb8 sequences are a subfamily of short interspersed Alu retroelements that
have been amplified within the human genome during recent evolutionary time and are …

The human and murine protocadherin‐β one‐exon gene families show high evolutionary conservation, despite the difference in gene number

K Vanhalst, P Kools, E Vanden Eynde… - FEBS letters, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Extensive cDNA analysis demonstrated that all human and mouse protocadherin‐β genes
are one‐exon genes. The protein sequences of these genes are highly conserved …

Using alu J elements as molecular clocks to trace the evolutionary relationships between duplicated HLA class I genomic segments

JK Kulski, S Gaudieri, RL Dawkins - Journal of Molecular Evolution, 2000 - Springer
The class I region of the major histocompatibility complex contains two subgenomic blocks
(250–350 kb each), known as the alpha and beta blocks. These blocks contain members of …

The phylogenetic history of the MHC class I gene families in pig, including a fossil gene predating mammalian radiation

C Renard, P Chardon, M Vaiman - Journal of molecular evolution, 2003 - Springer
More than 990 kb of the 1200 kb in the SLA class I region of the pig major histocompatibility
complex (MHC) have been sequenced. The present study was designed to establish the …

Duplication and Polymorphism in the MHC: Alu Generated Diversity and Polymorphism Within the PERB11 Gene Family

S Gaudieri, KM Giles, JK Kulski, RL Dawkins - Hereditas, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
The PERB11 gene family has at least five members within the telomeric region of the MHC.
The PERB11. 1 and PERB11. 2 genes are approximately 40 kb and 160 kb centromeric of …

Transposable elements and the metamerismatic evolution of the HLA class I region

JK Kulski, S Gaudieri, RL Dawkins - Major Histocompatibility Complex …, 2000 - Springer
We have analysed continuous genomic sequence of 1.8 Mb from the HLA class I region of
the MHC with a view to understanding the evolution, organisation and sequential …