TRGV9 explained

T cell receptor gamma variable 9, also known as TRGV9, is a human gene.^[1]

Further reading

• Lefranc MP, Rabbitts TH . The human T-cell receptor gamma (TRG) genes . Trends in Biochemical Sciences . 14 . 6 . 214–8 . June 1989 . 2527426 . 10.1016/0968-0004(89)90029-7 .
• Dariavach P, Lefranc MP . The promoter regions of the T-cell receptor V9 gamma (TRGV9) and V2 delta (TRDV2) genes display short direct repeats but no TATA box . FEBS Letters . 256 . 1–2 . 185–91 . October 1989 . 2806544 . 10.1016/0014-5793(89)81745-4 . 84554191 . free . 1989FEBSL.256..185D .
• Krangel MS, Band H, Hata S, McLean J, Brenner MB . Structurally divergent human T cell receptor gamma proteins encoded by distinct C gamma genes . Science . 237 . 4810 . 64–7 . July 1987 . 2955517 . 10.1126/science.2955517 . 1987Sci...237...64K .
• Huck S, Dariavach P, Lefranc MP . Variable region genes in the human T-cell rearranging gamma (TRG) locus: V-J junction and homology with the mouse genes . The EMBO Journal . 7 . 3 . 719–26 . March 1988 . 2969332 . 454380 . 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1988.tb02868.x.
• Essand M, Vasmatzis G, Brinkmann U, Duray P, Lee B, Pastan I . High expression of a specific T-cell receptor gamma transcript in epithelial cells of the prostate . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 96 . 16 . 9287–92 . August 1999 . 10430935 . 17772 . 10.1073/pnas.96.16.9287 . 1999PNAS...96.9287E . free .
• Daubenberger CA, Salomon M, Vecino W, Hübner B, Troll H, Rodriques R, Patarroyo ME, Pluschke G . Functional and structural similarity of V gamma 9V delta 2 T cells in humans and Aotus monkeys, a primate infection model for Plasmodium falciparum malaria . Journal of Immunology . 167 . 11 . 6421–30 . December 2001 . 11714808 . 10.4049/jimmunol.167.11.6421 . free .
• Maeda H, Nagata S, Wolfgang CD, Bratthauer GL, Bera TK, Pastan I . The T cell receptor gamma chain alternate reading frame protein (TARP), a prostate-specific protein localized in mitochondria . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 279 . 23 . 24561–8 . June 2004 . 15150260 . 10.1074/jbc.M402492200 . free .
• Corvaisier M, Moreau-Aubry A, Diez E, Bennouna J, Mosnier JF, Scotet E, Bonneville M, Jotereau F . V gamma 9V delta 2 T cell response to colon carcinoma cells . Journal of Immunology . 175 . 8 . 5481–8 . October 2005 . 16210656 . 10.4049/jimmunol.175.8.5481 . free .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: TRGV9 T cell receptor gamma variable 9.