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Next-Generation Sequencing of the HLA locus: Methods and impacts on HLA typing, population genetics and disease association studies.
Human immunology - 1 Nov 2016
Carapito Raphael, Radosavljevic Mirjana, Bahram Seiamak
Abstract excerpt
The human Major Histocompatibility Complex, known as the "Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)", could be defined as a "super locus" (historically called "supergene") governing the adaptive immune system in vertebrates. It also harbors genes involved in innate immunity. HLA is the most gene-dense, polymorphic and disease-associated region of the human genome. It is of critical medical relevance given its involvement in...
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