title: Electrophoretic human leukocyte antigen HLA-DQA1 DNA typing after polymerase chain reaction amplification.
abstract: An electrophoretic method (sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) is described which permits the identification of human leukocyte antigen HLA-DQA1 types and subtypes without using allele-specific oligonucleotide probes and dot-blot methodology. The procedure can be used in miniaturized gels in combination with automated electrophoretic systems. The PhastSystem is particularly recommended since temperature control is essential. HLA-DQA1*01 and DQA1*0301 can be distinguished in homoduplexes and DQA1*01 subtypes, DQA1*0201 and DQA1*0401 in heteroduplexes (in only 5 h including DNA extraction and PCR amplification). Additional variations to those recognized using commercially available dot-blot methods can be provided since this procedure permits the identification of single base-pair substitutions. In addition, this method is faster and less expensive than commercial methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carracedo
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lareu
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Calvo
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / Q000379:methods*; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016622:Silver Staining
chemical_list: D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; C069050:HLA-DQA1 antigen; D004247:DNA