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Table 2.

Constituents of the nomenclature of MHC class I genes (table cells with grey underlay) in fish on the example of Atlantic salmon (11, 13)

MHC	Fish genus and species symbol	MHC class I gene lineage	MHC class I gene sublineage	Locus	Subclass	Gene	Full name / symbol of gene
				B		UBA^**	MhcSasa-UBA
				C		UCA1^**, UCA2*	MhcSasa-UCA1, MhcSasa-UCA2
				D		UDA1	MhcSasa-UDA1
				G		UGA	MhcSasa-UGA
		U	None	H		UHA1, UHA2	MhcSasa-UHA1, MhcSasa-UHA2
				L		ULA	MhcSasa-ULA
				A		ZAAa	MhcSasa-ZAAa
				B		ZBAa, ZBAb	MhcSasa-ZBAa, MhcSasa-ZBAb
		Z	Z1^*	C		ZCAa, ZCAb	MhcSasa-ZCAa, MhcSasa-ZCAb
				D		ZDAa, ZDAb^ψ	MhcSasa-ZDAa, MhcSasa-ZDAb^ψ
Mhc	Sasa	S	None	A	A (for chain α)	SAA, SAA^ψ	MhcSasa-SAA, MhcSasa-SAA^ψ
				C		LCA, LCA^ψ	MhcSasa-LCA, MhcSasa-LCA^ψ
				D		LDA	MhcSasa-LDA
				F		LFA	MhcSasa-LFA
				G		LGA	MhcSasa-LGA
				H		LHA	MhcSasa-LHA
		L	None	I		LIA, LIA^ψ	MhcSasa-LIA, LIA^ψ
				K		LKA^ψ	MhcSasa-LKA^ψ
				L		LLA^ψ	MhcSasa-LLA^ψ
		P	None	A		PAA^ψ	MhcSasa-PAA^ψ

^**

– a gene of an MHC Ia molecule;

^***

– locus no.;

– sublineage Z1 with a typical sequence, isolated in, inter alia, Salmo salar;

^ψ

– pseudogenes