IMGT Repertoire (IG and TR)

Number of germline genes and potential repertoire: Pig (Sus scrofa) IGL at 14q16-q21

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The pig IGL locus is located on the chromosome 14, at band 14q16-q21.
The potential genomic IGL repertoire comprises 21 IGLV genes belonging to 7 subgroups (10 functional, 2 ORF and 9 pseudogene), 3 functional IGLJ genes and 2 functional IGLC genes [1].

IGLV genes

Subgroup	Functional	ORF	Pseudogene	Total
IGLV1	-	-	2	2
IGLV2	1	-	-	1
IGLV3	4	-	1	5
IGLV5	1	-	3	4
IGLV7	-	2	-	2
IGLV8	4	-	2	6
IGLV(III)	-	-	1	1
Total	10	2	9	21

IGLJ genes

Gene	Functional	ORF	Pseudogene	Total
IGLJ2	1	-	-	1
IGLJ3	1	-	-	1
IGLJ4	1	-	-	1
Total	3	-	-	3

IGLC genes

Gene	Functional	ORF	Pseudogene	Total
IGLC2	1	-	-	1
IGLC3	1	-	-	1
Total	2	-	-	2

IMGT references:
[1] Schwartz J.C. et al., Immunogenetics, 64, 399-407 (2012). PMID: 22186825