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1: Genomics. 1995 May 1;27(1):119-23.Click here to read Links

Olfactory receptor-like genes are located in the human major histocompatibility complex.

Fan W, Liu YC, Parimoo S, Weissman SM.

Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.

The murine major histocompatibility complex (MHC) includes sequences that are responsible for haplotype-specific odor types that, in turn, influence mating preference. We report that there are several olfactory receptor genes or pseudogenes in the Class I region of the human MHC. At least one of these genes is intact, appears to encode an mRNA, and is quite homologous to a previously reported murine olfactory receptor.

PMID: 7665158 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]