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The Genomic Organisation of the TRA/TRD Locus Validates the Peculiar Characteristics of Dromedary δ-Chain Expression.

Serafina Massari, Giovanna Linguiti, Francesco Giannico, Pietro D'Addabbo, Salvatrice Ciccarese, Rachele Antonacci

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Article in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Serafina MassariDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2520-9073
Giovanna LinguitiDepartment of Biology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70125 Bari, Italy.
Francesco GiannicoDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70010 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4025-4956
Pietro D'AddabboDepartment of Biology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3325-4931
Salvatrice CiccareseDepartment of Biology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3208-0730
Rachele AntonacciDepartment of Biology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5601-1118
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Salento · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of γδ T cells in vertebrate immunity is still an unsolved puzzle. Species such as humans and mice display a low percentage of these T lymphocytes (i.e., "γδ low species") with a restricted diversity of γδ T cell receptors (TR). Conversely, artiodactyl species (i.e., "γδ high species") account for a high proportion of γδ T cells with large γ and δ chain repertoires. The genomic organisation of the TR γ (TRG) and δ (TRD) loci has been determined in sheep and cattle, noting that a wide number of germline genes that encode for γ and δ chains characterise their genomes. Taking advantage of the current improved version of the genome assembly, we have investigated the genomic structure and gene content of the dromedary TRD locus, which, as in the other mammalian species, is nested within the TR α (TRA) genes. The most remarkable finding was the identification of a very limited number of variable germline genes (TRDV) compared to sheep and cattle, which supports our previous expression analyses for which the somatic hypermutation mechanism is able to enlarge and diversify the primary repertoire of dromedary δ chains. Furthermore, the comparison between genomic and expressed sequences reveals that

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Genetic LociGenomeAnimalsCamelusComputational BiologyPhylogenyReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-betaReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaCamelidaecomplementarity determining region-3diversityjoining and constant genessomatic hypermutationT cell receptorTRA/TRD locusvariableγδ T cellδ chain

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