Identification of a novel HLA-A*02:06:01:02 allele in a Chinese individual by sequence-based typing

Tissue Antigens. 2015 Dec;86(6):448-9. doi: 10.1111/tan.12691. Epub 2015 Nov 2.

Authors

J Kwok¹, J C Y Ho¹, Y S Chan¹, A Soormally², S G E Marsh^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Transplantation and Immunogenetics, Department of Pathology and Clinical Biochemistry, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
² Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
³ UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK.

PMID: 26593753
DOI: 10.1111/tan.12691

Abstract

The new HLA-A*02:06:01:02 allele differs from HLA-A*02:06:01 by a C→G substitution in Intron 1.

Keywords: human leukocyte antigen; novel allele; sequence-based typing.

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Alleles
Base Sequence
Genes, MHC Class II*
HLA-A2 Antigen / genetics
HLA-A2 Antigen / isolation & purification*
Histocompatibility Testing
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

Substances

HLA-A*02 antigen
HLA-A2 Antigen