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Basha G, Omilusik K, Chavez-Steenbock A, Reinicke AT, et al. (2012). A CD74-dependent MHC class I endolysosomal cross-presentation pathway. Nat. Immunol. 13: 237-245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ni.2225 PMid:22306692   Cerundolo V, Elliott T, Elvin J, Bastin J, et al. (1992). Association of the human invariant chain with H-2 Db class I molecules. Eur. J. Immunol. 22: 2243-2248. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eji.1830220910 PMid:1516617   Cresswell P (1992). Chemistry and functional role of the invariant chain. Curr. Opin. Immunol. 4: 87-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0952-7915(92)90131-W   Donaldson JG and Williams DB (2009). Intracellular assembly and trafficking of MHC class I molecules. Traffic 10: 1745-1752. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0854.2009.00979.x PMid:19761542 PMCid:2783374   Ghosh P, Amaya M, Mellins E and Wiley DC (1995). The structure of an intermediate in class II MHC maturation: CLIP bound to HLA-DR3. Nature 378: 457-462. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/378457a0 PMid:7477400   Liang MN, Lee C, Xia Y and McConnell HM (1996). Molecular modeling and design of invariant chain peptides with altered dissociation kinetics from class II MHC. Biochemistry 35: 14734-14742. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi961725b PMid:8942634   Lin X, Wang X, Capek HL, Simone LC, et al. (2009). Effect of invariant chain on major histocompatibility complex class I molecule expression and stability on human breast tumor cell lines. Cancer Immunol. Immunother. 58: 729-736. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00262-008-0595-1 PMid:18828016 PMCid:2703440   Neumann J and Koch N (2006). A novel domain on HLA-DRbeta chain regulates the chaperone role of the invariant chain. J. Cell Sci. 119: 4207-4214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jcs.03177 PMid:16984974   Odorizzi CG, Trowbridge IS, Xue L, Hopkins CR, et al. (1994). Sorting signals in the MHC class II invariant chain cytoplasmic tail and transmembrane region determine trafficking to an endocytic processing compartment. J. Cell Biol. 126: 317-330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.126.2.317 PMid:8034737   Peters PJ, Neefjes JJ, Oorschot V, Ploegh HL, et al. (1991). Segregation of MHC class II molecules from MHC class I molecules in the Golgi complex for transport to lysosomal compartments. Nature 349: 669-676. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/349669a0 PMid:1847504   Powis SJ (2006). CLIP-region mediated interaction of Invariant chain with MHC class I molecules. FEBS Lett. 580: 3112-3116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2006.04.060 PMid:16678175   Reber AJ, Turnquist HR, Thomas HJ, Lutz CT, et al. (2002). Expression of invariant chain can cause an allele-dependent increase in the surface expression of MHC class I molecules. Immunogenetics 54: 74-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-002-0446-8 PMid:12037599   Roche PA and Cresswell P (1990). Invariant chain association with HLA-DR molecules inhibits immunogenic peptide binding. Nature 345: 615-618. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/345615a0 PMid:2190094   Romagnoli P and Germain RN (1994). The CLIP region of invariant chain plays a critical role in regulating major histocompatibility complex class II folding, transport, and peptide occupancy. J. Exp. Med. 180: 1107-1113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.180.3.1107 PMid:8064228   Serwe M, Reuter G, Sponaas A, Koch S, et al. (1997). Both invariant chain isoforms Ii31 and Ii41 promote class II antigen presentation. Int. Immunol. 9: 983-991. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intimm/9.7.983 PMid:9237107   Shachar I, Elliott EA, Chasnoff B, Grewal IS, et al. (1995). Reconstitution of invariant chain function in transgenic mice in vivo by individual p31 and p41 isoforms. Immunity 3: 373-383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/1074-7613(95)90121-3   Stam NJ, Vroom TM, Peters PJ, Pastoors EB, et al. (1990). HLA-A- and HLA-B-specific monoclonal antibodies reactive with free heavy chains in western blots, in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections and in cryo-immuno-electron microscopy. Int. Immunol. 2: 113-125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intimm/2.2.113 PMid:2088481   Stone KR, Mickey DD, Wunderli H, Mickey GH, et al. (1978). Isolation of a human prostate carcinoma cell line (DU 145). Int. J. Cancer 21: 274-281. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.2910210305 PMid:631930   Sugita M and Brenner MB (1994). An unstable beta 2-microglobulin: major histocompatibility complex class I heavy chain intermediate dissociates from calnexin and then is stabilized by binding peptide. J. Exp. Med. 180: 2163-2171. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.180.6.2163 PMid:7964491   Sugita M and Brenner MB (1995). Association of the invariant chain with major histocompatibility complex class I molecules directs trafficking to endocytic compartments. J. Biol. 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PMid:8906828   Zhai ZH, Wang XZ and Ding MX (2001). Cell Biology. Volume 192. Higher Education Press, Beijing, 164-202.   Zhong D, Yu W, Liu Y, Liu J, et al. (2004). Molecular cloning and expression of two chicken invariant chain isoforms produced by alternative splicing. Immunogenetics 56: 650-656. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-004-0726-6 PMid:15578263

Adams S, Albericio F, Alsina J, Smith ER, et al. (1997). Biological activity and therapeutic potential of homologs of an Ii peptide which regulates antigenic peptide binding to cell surface MHC class II molecules. Arzneimittelforschung 47: 1069-1077. PMid:9342425 Barrera CA, Almanza RJ, Ogra PL and Reyes VE (1998). The role of the invariant chain in mucosal immunity. Int. Arch. Allergy Immunol. 117: 85-93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000023994 PMid:9784651 Barrera CA, Beswick EJ, Sierra JC, Bland D, et al. (2005). Polarized expression of CD74 by gastric epithelial cells. J. Histochem. Cytochem. 53: 1481-1489. http://dx.doi.org/10.1369/jhc.4A6552.2005 PMid:15923369 Bernatchez L and Landry C (2003). MHC studies in nonmodel vertebrates: what have we learned about natural selection in 15 years? J. Evol. Biol. 16: 363-377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00531.x PMid:14635837 Bremnes B, Madsen T, Gedde-Dahl M and Bakke O (1994). An LI and ML motif in the cytoplasmic tail of the MHC-associated invariant chain mediate rapid internalization. J. Cell Sci. 107 (Pt 7): 2021-2032. PMid:7983165 Bremnes B, Rode M, Gedde-Dahl M, Nordeng TW, et al. (2000). The MHC class II-associated chicken invariant chain shares functional properties with its mammalian homologs. Exp. Cell Res. 259: 360-369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/excr.2000.4985 PMid:10964503 Bryant P and Ploegh H (2004). Class II MHC peptide loading by the professionals. Curr. Opin. Immunol. 16: 96-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coi.2003.11.011 PMid:14734116 Busch R, Rinderknecht CH, Roh S, Lee AW, et al. (2005). Achieving stability through editing and chaperoning: regulation of MHC class II peptide binding and expression. Immunol. Rev. 207: 242-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0105-2896.2005.00306.x PMid:16181341 Claesson L and Peterson PA (1983). Association of human gamma chain with class II transplantation antigens during intracellular transport. Biochemistry 22: 3206-3213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi00282a026 PMid:6576808 Cortes A, Fonfria J, Vicente A, Varas A, et al. (1995). T-dependent areas in the chicken bursa of Fabricius: an immunohistological study. Anat. Rec. 242: 91-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.1092420112 PMid:7604986 Cresswell P (1996). Invariant chain structure and MHC class II function. Cell 84: 505-507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81025-9 Denzin LK and Cresswell P (1995). HLA-DM induces CLIP dissociation from MHC class II alpha beta dimers and facilitates peptide loading. Cell 82: 155-165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(95)90061-6 Ghosh P, Amaya M, Mellins E and Wiley DC (1995). The structure of an intermediate in class II MHC maturation: CLIP bound to HLA-DR3. Nature 378: 457-462. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/378457a0 PMid:7477400 Hershberg RM and Mayer LF (2000). Antigen processing and presentation by intestinal epithelial cells - polarity and complexity. Immunol. Today 21: 123-128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-5699(99)01575-3 Holmes JP, Benavides LC, Gates JD, Carmichael MG, et al. (2008). Results of the first phase I clinical trial of the novel II-key hybrid preventive HER-2/neu peptide (AE37) vaccine. J. Clin. Oncol. 26: 3426-3433. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2007.15.7842 PMid:18612158 Hung CF, Tsai YC, He L and Wu TC (2007). DNA vaccines encoding Ii-PADRE generates potent PADRE-specific CD4+ T-cell immune responses and enhances vaccine potency. Mol. Ther. 15: 1211-1219. PMid:17356542 PMCid:3171992 Koch N and Harris AW (1984). Differential expression of the invariant chain in mouse tumor cells: relationship to B lymphoid development. J. Immunol. 132: 12-15. PMid:6418793 Lennon-Dumenil AM, Roberts RA, Valentijn K, Driessen C, et al. (2001). The p41 isoform of invariant chain is a chaperone for cathepsin L. EMBO J. 20: 4055-4064. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emboj/20.15.4055 PMid:11483509 PMCid:149174 Lipp J and Dobberstein B (1986). The membrane-spanning segment of invariant chain (I gamma) contains a potentially cleavable signal sequence. Cell 46: 1103-1112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(86)90710-5 Maharshak N, Cohen S, Lantner F, Hart G, et al. (2010). CD74 is a survival receptor on colon epithelial cells. World J. Gastroenterol. 16: 3258-3266. http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v16.i26.3258 PMid:20614481 PMCid:2900717 Mallegol J, van Niel G and Heyman M (2005). Phenotypic and functional characterization of intestinal epithelial exosomes. Blood Cells Mol. Dis. 35: 11-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bcmd.2005.04.001 PMid:15893486 Marchalonis JJ, Kaveri S, Lacroix-Desmazes S and Kazatchkine MD (2002). Natural recognition repertoire and the evolutionary emergence of the combinatorial immune system. FASEB J. 16: 842-848. http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.01-0953hyp PMid:12039866 Meyer-Lucht Y, Otten C, Püttker T, Pardini R, et al. (2010). Variety matters: adaptive genetic diversity and parasite load in two mouse opossums from the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Conserv. Genet. 11: 2001-2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-010-0093-9 Nagaraj S, Neumann J, Winzen B, Frank S, et al. (2008). Pancreas carcinoma antigen fused to invariant chain elicits T-cell response and tumor growth inhibition. Pancreas 37: 321-327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MPA.0b013e318166722e7 PMid:18815556 Nagata T, Higashi T, Aoshi T, Suzuki M, et al. (2001). Immunization with plasmid DNA encoding MHC class II binding peptide/CLIP-replaced invariant chain (Ii) induces specific helper T cells in vivo: the assessment of Ii p31 and p41 isoforms as vehicles for immunization. Vaccine 20: 105-114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0264-410X(01)00310-3 Nagata T, Aoshi T, Suzuki M, Uchijima M, et al. (2002). Induction of protective immunity to Listeria monocytogenes by immunization with plasmid DNA expressing a helper T-cell epitope that replaces the class II-associated invariant chain peptide of the invariant chain. Infect. Immun. 70: 2676-2680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.70.5.2676-2680.2002 PMid:11953411 PMCid:127905 O’Sullivan DM, Noonan D and Quaranta V (1987). Four Ia invariant chain forms derive from a single gene by alternate splicing and alternate initiation of transcription/translation. J. Exp. Med. 166: 444-460. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.166.2.444 PMid:3036998 Pieters J (1997). MHC class II restricted antigen presentation. Curr. Opin. Immunol. 9: 89-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0952-7915(97)80164-1 Qi BM and Chen XY (2006). Distribution and histology of fabricius’ bursa-associated lymphoid tissues (FBALT) in muscovy duck. Fujian J. Agric. Sci. 21: 127-130. Silva DS, Reis MI, Nascimento DS, do Vale A, et al. (2007). Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) invariant chain and class II major histocompatibility complex: sequencing and structural analysis using 3D homology modelling. Mol. Immunol. 44: 3758-3776. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2007.03.025 PMid:17512596 Strubin M, Mach B and Long EO (1984). The complete sequence of the mRNA for the HLA-DR-associated invariant chain reveals a polypeptide with an unusual transmembrane polarity. EMBO J. 3: 869-872. PMid:6586420 PMCid:557440 Surridge AK, van der Loo W, Abrantes J, Carneiro M, et al. (2008). Diversity and evolutionary history of the MHC DQA gene in leporids. Immunogenetics 60: 515-525. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00251-008-0309-z PMid:18584169 Tamori Y, Tan X, Nakagawa K, Takai E, et al. (2005). Clinical significance of MHC class II-associated invariant chain expression in human gastric carcinoma. Oncol. Rep. 14: 873-877. PMid:16142345 van Bergen J, Camps M, Offringa R, Melief CJ, et al. (2000). Superior tumor protection induced by a cellular vaccine carrying a tumor-specific T helper epitope by genetic exchange of the class II-associated invariant chain peptide. Cancer Res. 60: 6427-6433. PMid:11103809 Voutsas IF, Gritzapis AD, Mahaira LG, Salagianni M, et al. (2007). Induction of potent CD4+ T cell-mediated antitumor responses by a helper HER-2/neu peptide linked to the Ii-Key moiety of the invariant chain. Int. J. Cancer 121: 2031-2041. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.22936 PMid:17634957 Xu FZ, Ye H, Wang JJ and Yu WY (2008). The effect of site-directed mutagenesis of the ambient amino acids of leucine-based sorting motifs on the localization of chicken invariant chain. Poult. Sci. 87: 1980-1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.3382/ps.2008-00111 PMid:18809859 Zhang JH, Deng SZ, Chen NH, Quyang JH, et al. (2000). Biological effects of the T-cell area of chicken bursa. Acta Agric. Univ. Jiangxiensis 22: 110-112. Zhong DL, Yu WY, Liu YH, Liu J, et al. (2004). 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Aizawa Y and Ishii S (2003). Cloning of complimentary deoxyribonucleic acid encoding follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone beta subunit precursor molecules in Reeves’s turtle (Geoclemys reevesii) and Japanese grass lizard (Takydromus tachydromoides). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 132: 465-473. doi:10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00103-5 Barreau C, Paillard L and Osborne HB (2005). AU-rich elements and associated factors: are there unifying principles? Nucleic Acids Res. 33: 7138-7150. doi:10.1093/nar/gki1012 PMid:16391004    PMCid:1325018 Chien JT, Shen ST, Lin YS and Yu JY (2005). Molecular cloning of the cDNA encoding follicle-stimulating hormone beta subunit of the Chinese soft-shell turtle Pelodiscus sinensis, and its gene expression. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 141: 190-200. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.12.017 PMid:15748721 Dai L, Zhao Z, Zhao R, Xiao S, et al. (2009). Effects of novel single nucleotide polymorphisms of the FSH beta-subunit gene on semen quality and fertility in bulls. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 114: 14-22. doi:10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.08.021 PMid:18829190 de Kretser DM, Buzzard JJ, Okuma Y, O’Connor AE, et al. (2004). The role of activin, follistatin and inhibin in testicular physiology. Mol. Cell Endocrinol. 225: 57-64. doi:10.1016/j.mce.2004.07.008 PMid:15451568 Dias JA, Cohen BD, Lindau-Shepard B, Nechamen CA, et al. (2002). Molecular, structural, and cellular biology of follitropin and follitropin receptor. Vitam. Horm. 64: 249-322. doi:10.1016/S0083-6729(02)64008-7 Druet T, Fritz S, Sellem E, Basso B, et al. (2009). Estimation of genetic parameters and genome scan for 15 semen characteristics traits of Holstein bulls. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 126: 269-277. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00788.x PMid:19630877 Geyer CB, Inselman AL, Sunman JA, Bornstein S, et al. (2009). A missense mutation in the Capza3 gene and disruption of F-actin organization in spermatids of repro32 infertile male mice. Dev. 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Cloning of cDNAs encoding the three pituitary glycoprotein hormone beta subunit precursor molecules in the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 132: 333-347. doi:10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00095-9 Koura M, Handa H, Noguchi Y, Takano K, et al. (2004). Sequence analysis of cDNA encoding follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone beta-subunits in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 136: 406-410. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.01.012 PMid:15081841 Kumar S, Nei M, Dudley J and Tamura K (2008). MEGA: a biologist-centric software for evolutionary analysis of DNA and protein sequences. Brief Bioinform. 9: 299-306. doi:10.1093/bib/bbn017 PMid:18417537    PMCid:2562624 Kumar TR (2005). What have we learned about gonadotropin function from gonadotropin subunit and receptor knockout mice? Reproduction 130: 293-302. doi:10.1530/rep.1.00660 PMid:16123236 Larkin MA, Blackshields G, Brown NP, Chenna R, et al. (2007). 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