Description of a new HLA-A*02 allele, A*02:658, in a Russian individual

Description of a new HLA-A02 allele, A02:658, in a Russian individual

HLA. 2017 Apr;89(4):235-236. doi: 10.1111/tan.12995.

M Loginova^{1

2}, T Jankevich³, A Goltsov³, O Altukhova⁴, D Trofimov³

¹ Federal State Budgetary Institution, Russian Medical Scientific and Production Center "Rosplasma", Federal Medicine and Biology Agency, Kirov, Russia.
² Federal State Budget Research Institution, Kirov Hematology and Blood Transfusion Research Institute, Federal Medicine and Biology Agency, Kirov, Russia.
³ DNA-Technology, Moscow, Russia.
⁴ Federal State Budgetary Institution, Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Russian Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia.

Sequence of the novel allele, HLA-A*02:658, differs from HLA-A*02:01:01:01 by one-nucleotide exchange in exon 2.

Keywords: HLA-A*02:658; novel human leukocyte antigen allele; sequence-based typing.