Length of Major Histocompatibility Complex MHC Genome region
| Value | 3.6e+6 nucleotides |
|---|---|
| Organism | Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference | Complete sequence and gene map of a human major histocompatibility complex. The MHC sequencing consortium. Nature. 1999 Oct 28401(6756):921-3PubMed ID10553908 |
| Comments | With over 200 identified loci, the MHC is the most gene-dense region of the human genome sequenced so far. The average gene density (including pseudogenes) over the entire 3.6 Mb of the MHC is 1 gene per 16 kilobases (kb) |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 102654 |