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Seven novel HLA alleles reflect different mechanisms involved in the evolution of HLA diversity: description of the new alleles and review of the literature.
Human immunology - 1 Jan 2015
Adamek Martina, Klages Cornelia, Bauer Manuela, Kudlek Evelina, Drechsler Alina, Leuser Birte, Scherer Sabine, Opelz Gerhard, Tran Thuong Hien
Abstract excerpt
The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) loci are among the most polymorphic genes in the human genome. The diversity of these genes is thought to be generated by different mechanisms including point mutation, gene conversion and crossing-over. During routine HLA typing, we discovered seven novel HLA alleles which were probably generated by different evolutionary mechanisms. HLA-B*41:21, HLA-DQB1*02:10 and...
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