Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) IGH locus on chromosome 6 (locus A)
- The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) IGH locus is on chromosome 6.
The orientation of the locus is reverse (REV).
- The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) IGH locus spans 677 kilobases (kb),
from 10 kb upstream of the most 5' gene in the locus, IGHV15-124 (F), to 10 kb
downstream of the most 3' gene in the locus, IGHD (F).
The Locus representation
encompasses 660 kb.
- The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) IGH locus consists
of 140 IGHV genes belonging to 16 IGHV subgroups, 17 IGHD genes belonging to 9 IGHD sets, 13 IGHJ genes belonging to 13 IGHJ sets, and
7 IGHC genes.
- The IGHV genes span 715 kilobases (kb), the IGHD genes span 39 kilobases (kb), the IGHJ genes span 12 kilobases (kb) and
the IGHC genes span 161 kilobases (kb).
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) IGH locus on chromosome 3 (locus B)
- The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) IGH locus is on chromosome 3.
The orientation of the locus is forward (FWD).
- The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) IGH locus spans 731 kilobases (kb),
from 10 kb upstream of the most 5' gene in the locus, IGHV2D-146 (P), to 10 kb
downstream of the most 3' gene in the locus, IGHDD (F).
The Locus representation
encompasses 720 kb.
- The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) IGH locus consists
of 151 IGHV genes belonging to 16 IGHV subgroups, 11 IGHD genes belonging to 6 IGHD sets, 8 IGHJ genes belonging to 8 IGHJ sets, and
5 IGHC genes.
- The IGHV genes span 905 kilobases (kb), the IGHD genes span 20 kilobases (kb), the IGHJ genes span 8 kilobases (kb) and
the IGHC genes span 128 kilobases (kb).
- Created:
- 18/03/2019
- Last updated:
- Friday, 22-Sep-2023 18:22:15 CEST
- Author:
- Saida Hadi-Saljoqi and Marie-Paule Lefranc
