The UT family of MHC class I loci unique to non-eutherian mammals has limited polymorphism and tissue specific patterns of expression in the opossum

Marsupials and monotremes possess a novel family of MHC class I genes that is lost from the eutherian lineage

(2015) Anthony T Papenfuss et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The opossum MHC genomic region revisited

(2015) Katina V. Krasnec et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

The Phyre2 web portal for protein modeling, prediction and analysis

(2015) Lawrence A Kelley et al.   Nature Protocols

A Second TCR  Locus in Galliformes Uses Antibody-like V Domains: Insight into the Evolution of TCR  and TCR  Genes in Tetrapods

(2012) Z. E. Parra et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Platypus TCR μ Provides Insight into the Origins and Evolution of a Uniquely Mammalian TCR Locus

(2011) Xinxin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Structure of a Classical MHC Class I Molecule That Binds “Non-Classical” Ligands

(2010) Chee Seng Hee et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Comparative genomic analysis and evolution of the T cell receptor loci in the opossum Monodelphis domestica.

(2008) Zuly E Parra et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Evolution of the opossum major histocompatibility complex: evidence for diverse alternative splice patterns and low polymorphism among class I genes

(2008) Michelle L. Baker et al.   IMMUNOLOGY