title: Group-specific amplification of cDNA from DRB1 genes. Complete coding sequences of partially defined alleles and identification of the new alleles DRB1*040602, DRB1*111102, DRB1*080103, and DRB1*0113.
abstract: We present here the complete coding sequences, previously unavailable, of the DRB1 alleles DRB1*030102, *0306, *040701, *0408, *1327, *1356, *1411, *1446, *1503, *1504, *0806, *0813, and *0818. For cDNA isolation, new group-specific primers located at the 5'UT and 3'UT regions were used to carry out allele-specific amplification and a convenient method for determining full-length sequences for DRB1 alleles. Complete coding sequencing of samples previously typed as DRB1*0406, DRB1*080101, and DRB1*1111 revealed new alleles with noncoding nucleotide changes at exons 1 and 3. In addition, we found a novel allele, DRB1*0113, whose second exon carries a sequence motif characteristic of DRB1*07 alleles. The predicted class II haplotypic associations of all alleles are reported and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Histocompatibilidad, Centro de Transfusión de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. abalas.trans@salud.madrid.org
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balas
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vilches
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Begoña
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Maria Paz
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Pablo
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García-Sánchez
authors.forename: Jose L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vicario
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions / Q000276:immunology; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000276:immunology; D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000276:immunology; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains