title: A novel HLA-A24 (A*2420) allele identified in the Atayal tribe of Taiwan.
abstract: 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 polymorphism in the Taiwanese minority groups.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Utrecht, Section of Molecular and Immunopathology, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Scheltinga
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: van der Zwan
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Tilanus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D005787:Gene Frequency; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059871:HLA-A24 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D013624:Taiwan / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D015234:HLA-A Antigens; D059871:HLA-A24 Antigen; D004247:DNA