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A novel HLA-A24 (A*2420) allele identified in the Atayal tribe of Taiwan.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 2000
Scheltinga S A, Lai S M, van der Zwan A W, Tilanus M G, Wu S
Abstract excerpt
The Taiwan indigenous population groups are classified into different tribes according their linguistic classification and cultural anthropology. One of the tribes, the Atayal, showed a high frequency of A24 alleles by SSOP analysis. High-resolution sequencing based typing identified a A*2402 variant "A*2420" which was found in 6 unrelated individuals. High-resolution typing is required to identify HLA...
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