[Identification of a new human leukocyte antigen A allele, HLA-A*3020].
OBJECTIVE
To identify a novel human leukocyte antigen (HLA) A allele.


METHODS
A new HLA-A allele was found during routine HLA genotyping by polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific oligonucleotide probes (PCR-SSOP) and sequencing-based typing (SBT).


RESULTS
The novel HLA-A*30 allele was identical to A*300101 except that a nucleotide C at position 294 of exon 2 is substituted by A, resulting in codon 98 changed from GAC (D) to GAA (E).


CONCLUSIONS
A new HLA allele, HLA-A*3020, was identified, and was named officially by the WHO Nomenclature Committee.
Li
Xiaofeng
X
Liaoning Blood Center, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110044 P.R.China.
Zhang
Xu
X
Chen
Yang
Y
Zhang
Kunlian
K
Liu
Xianzhi
X
Li
Jianping
J
D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D015234:HLA-A Antigens