Table 1.
Similarity (%) to:2 | |||||
Gene | Size (bp) | Est. coding region (%)1 | House mouse | Rat | Human |
IL-2 | 456 | 98 | 82 | 89 | 80 |
IL-6 | 225 | 25 | 70 | 83 | 40 |
IL-12a | 185 | 28 | 74 | 75 | 69 |
IL-13 | 184 | 47 | 84 | 80 | 71 |
IL-21 | 371 | 84 | 86 | 84 | 70 |
IL-23a | 579 | 94 | 86 | 91 | 83 |
GM-CSF | 175 | 39 | 73 | 69 | 62 |
CCL2 | 297 | 60 | 75 | 82 | 70 |
CCL3 | 260 | 45 | 90 | 88 | 81 |
CCL4 | 257 | 92 | 87 | 88 | 86 |
CXCL2 | 198 | 49 | 92 | 92 | 69 |
1Estimated coding region is based upon length of house mouse polypeptide. 2Similarity is based upon amino acid comparisons, where gaps are treated as nonidentities, except as noted in the text for IL-2 (house mouse) and CCL2 (human).