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Eight new HLA-A alleles associated with antigens in the A2 CREG.
Tissue antigens - 1 Feb 2002
Gans C P, Bradshaw D M, Jones P F, Mitton W, Koester R, Ng J, Hartzman R J, Hurley Carolyn K
Abstract excerpt
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...
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