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. 1982 Oct 11;10(19):6041–6049. doi: 10.1093/nar/10.19.6041

Structure and evolution of the heavy chain from rat immunoglobulin E.

L Hellman, U Pettersson, A Engström, T Karlsson, H Bennich
PMCID: PMC320949  PMID: 6292865

Abstract

The nucleotide sequence of the rat epsilon-chain mRNA has been determined by sequencing cloned cDNA copies of the mRNA. The established sequence covers the coding region, the 3'-non coding region and most of the 5' non-coding region. A comparison with the nucleotide sequence of the human epsilon-chain constant region reveals that C3 and C4 are the most highly conserved domains. The rat epsilon-chain contains a C-terminal decapeptide which is not present in the human counterpart.

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