ZFIN Person: Figueroa, Felipe

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-970312-47

Figueroa, Felipe

Email:	felipe.figueroa@tuebingen.mpg.de
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Address:	Max-Planck-Institut for Biology Department of Immunogenetics Corrensstr. 42 Tübingen, D-72076 Germany
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Phone:	49-7071-601-295
Fax:	49-7071-600-437
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Sambrook, J.G., Figueroa, F., and Beck, S. (2005) A genome-wide survey of Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes and their paralogues in zebrafish. BMC Genomics. 6(1):152

Takezaki, N., Figueroa, F., Zaleska-Rutczynska, Z., and Klein, J. (2003) Molecular phylogeny of early vertebrates: monophyly of the agnathans as revealed by sequences of 35 genes. Mol. Biol. Evol.. 20(2):287-292

Kuroda, N., Figueroa, F., O'hUigin, C., and Klein, J. (2002) Evidence that the separation of Mhc class II from class I loci in the zebrafish, Danio rerio, occurred by translocation. Immunogenetics. 54(6):418-430

Takezaki, N., Zaleska-Rutczynska, Z., and Figueroa, F. (2002) Sequencing of amphioxus PSMB5/8 gene and phylogenetic position of agnathan sequences. Gene. 282(1-2):179-187

Takami, K., Figueroa, F., Mayer, W.E., and Klein, J. (2000) Ancient allelism at the cytosolic chaperonin-alpha-encoding gene of the zebrafish. Genetics. 154(1):311-322

Gongora, R., Figueroa, F., and Klein, J. (1998) Independent duplications of Bf and C3 complement genes in the zebrafish. Scandinavian journal of immunology. 48:651-658

Gongora, R., Zaleska-Rutczynska, Z., Takami, K., Figueroa, F., and Klein, J. (1998) Linkage of RXRB-like genes to class I and not to class II Mhc genes in the zebrafish. Immunogenetics. 48:141-143

Takami, K., Zaleska-Rutczynska, Z., Figueroa, F., and Klein, J. (1997) Linkage of LMP, TAP and RING3 with Mhc class I rather than class II genes in the zebrafish. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 159:6052-6060

Bingulac-Popovic, J., Figueroa, F., Sato, A., Talbot, W.S., Johnson, S.L., Gates, M., Postlethwait, J.H., and Klein, J. (1997) Mapping of Mhc class I and class II regions to different linkage groups in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Immunogenetics. 46(2):129-134

Take-uchi, H., Figueroa, F., O'hUigin, C., and Klein, J. (1995) Cloning and characterization of class I Mhc genes of the zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio. Immunogenetics. 42:77-84

Sültmann, H., Mayer, W.E., Figueroa, F., O'hUigin, C., and Klein, J. (1994) Organization of Mhc class II B genes in the zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio). Genomics. 23:1-14

Sültmann, H., Mayer, W.E., Figueroa, F., O'hUigin, C., and Klein, J. (1993) Zebrafish Mhc class II alpha chain-encoding genes: pholymorphism, expression, and function. Immunogenetics. 38:408-420

Ono, H., Figueroa, F., O'hUigin, C., and Klein, J. (1993) Cloning of the beta 2-microglobulin gene in the zebrafish. Immunogenetics. 38:1-10

Ono, H., O'hUigin, C., Vincek, V., Stet, R.J., Figueroa, F., and Klein, J. (1993) New beta chain-encoding Mhc class II genes in the carp. Immunogenetics. 38:146-149

Ono, H., Klein, D., Vincek, V., Figueroa, F., O'hUigin, C., Tichy, H., and Klein, J. (1992) Major histocompatibility complex class II genes of zebrafish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 89:11886-11890

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