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Eight new HLA-A alleles associated with antigens in the A2 CREG
C P Gans1, D M Bradshaw, P F Jones
1Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
Abstract:
This report describes eight novel HLA-A alleles. Seven of these new alleles contain substitutions previously reported in other HLA-A alleles, suggesting an origin resulting from a gene conversion mechanism. Of these seven, A*2431 contains a substitution previously associated with a larger polymorphic motif. A*0247 contains a substitution at a previously polymorphic position, but encodes an amino acid change previously unreported in any HLA-A, -B or -C alleles.
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