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. 2006 Apr 18;7:82. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-7-82

Table 4.

Sequence similarity of MHC genes between cynomolgus monkeys and humans.

MHC gene RefSeq ID a Nucleotide identity (%) b Amino acid identity (%) c Aligned exons d
Class I A NM_002116 84.7 88.6 3–5
B NM_005514 86.1 86.5 1–7
E NM_005516 80.1 84.3 2–4
F NM_018950 73.9 75 4–6
Class II DMA NM_006120 94 96.6 2–3
DOA NM_002119 92 95 3–4
DPA NM_033554 93 96 2–5
DQA NM_002122 91.5 93 1–3
DQB NM_002123 94.6 95 2–3
DRA NM_019111 94 96 1–4
DRB NM_002124 88 89 1–4

a. GenBank identifiers for the human reference sequences

b. Nucleotide sequence identity between cynomolgus monkeys and humans

c. Amino acid sequence identity between cynomolgus monkeys and humans

d. Exons that MHC genes in our library aligned to the human reference sequences