title: HLA-A*11:53 is shown to be identical to the corrected A*11:02:01 allele sequence.
abstract: According to the IMGT/HLA Database, the DNA sequence of A*11:53 is identical to A*11:02:01 in exons 2, 3, 4 and 5 except at codon 276. A*11:53 was reported as a rare variant of A*11, while A*11:02:01 was understood to be the second most frequently observed variant of A*11 after A*11:01:01 in Taiwanese. We sequenced HLA-A locus exons 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Taiwanese blood donors (n = 50) previously typed to carry A*11:02:01. We found out all of their sequences are identical to A*11:53 in exons 2, 3, 4 and 5' part of exon 5 including codon 276.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Tzu Chi Stem Cells Centre, Buddhist Tzu Chi Marrow Donor Registry, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: S G E
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Marsh
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D001782:Blood Donors; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics; D059870:HLA-A11 Antigen / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D059870:HLA-A11 Antigen