title: Identification of two novel DQA1 alleles, DQA1*0107 and DQA1*0602, by sequence-based typing in the GoKinD population.
abstract: Two novel DQA1 alleles, DQA1*0107 and DQA1*0602, were discovered using DQA1 sequence-based typing (SBT) in participants in the Genetics of Kidneys in Diabetes (GoKinD) Study. The DQA1*0107 allele, found in three unrelated Caucasian participants, contains a novel polymorphism at codon 79 of exon 2 (CGC-->TGC), which results in an amino acid change from an arginine to a cysteine. The participants containing this novel polymorphism also had a 1-bp insertion in intron 2 that is common to the *01 alleles. The DQA1*0602 allele, found in one Caucasian participant, contains a novel polymorphism at codon 139 of exon 3 (AGC-->CGC), which results in an amino acid change from a serine to an arginine. Additionally, the *0602 allele has a base change in intron 1 that is common to the *06 alleles. Both new alleles were isolated using single-allele amplification SBT and confirmed using sequence-specific primer amplification.
authors.affiliation: Division of Laboratory Sciences, Molecular Biology Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS F-50, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA.
authors.forename: Laura N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Hancock
authors.forename: Suzanne Kehoe
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Cordovado
authors.forename: Miyono
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hendrix
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Simone
authors.forename: Patricia W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Mueller
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000235:genetics; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D059848:HLA-DQ alpha-Chains; C069050:HLA-DQA1 antigen