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Chromosomal orphon set

A chromosomal orphon set is a set of IG or TR orphons (genes outside from the main loci) belonging to a same group and localized on the same chromosome in a given species [1,2].

There are 12 IG chromosomal orphon sets and one TR chromosomal orphon set in human.

More information:

• Lists of human IG and TR genes, groups, loci and orphons (IMGT Repertoire)

References:

[1]	Lefranc, M.-P. and Lefranc, G., The Immunoglobulin FactsBook, Academic Press, 458 pages (2001) ISBN: 012441351X
[2]	Lefranc, M.-P. and Lefranc, G., The T cell receptor FactsBook, Academic Press, 398 pages (2001) ISBN:0124413528
[3]	Giudicelli, V. and Lefranc, M.-P., Bioinformatics, 15, 1047-1054 (1999) PMID: 10745995, LIGM:221

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• CLASSIFICATION
• Gene
• Group
• IMGT-ONTOLOGY
• Orphon

Created: 08/04/2002
Last updated: Wednesday, 29-Jun-2011 17:02:00 CEST
Authors: Véronique Giudicelli and Marie-Paule Lefranc
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