Novel HLA-A locus alleles including A*01012, A*0306, A*0308, A*2616, A*2617, A*3009, A*3206, A*3403, A*3602 and A*6604.

This paper describes 10 novel HLA-A alleles that have been characterized by DNA sequencing. Seven alleles, A*0308, A*2616, A*3009, A*3206, A*3403, A*3602 and A*6604 carry motifs observed in other HLA-A alleles, suggesting that gene conversion has created this diversity. The remaining three alleles, A*01012, A*0306 and A*2617, contain polymorphisms not previously found in any "classical" class I allele.

Seven new HLA-B alleles associated with antigens in the B7 CREG.

This paper describes seven novel HLA-B alleles. Five of these new alleles contain polymorphic motifs previously reported in HLA-B alleles, suggesting an origin resultant from a gene conversion mechanism. B*0723 contains a polymorphism previously unreported in class I HLA molecules.

Description of six new HLA-B alleles in the 5C CREG including a B*58 intron two sequence.

Five of the six novel HLA-B alleles described in this report contain polymorphic motifs previously reported in HLA-B alleles, suggesting an origin resultant from a gene conversion mechanism. The sixth allele, B*35012, contains a polymorphism previously unreported in HLA-B molecules. In addition to previously reported polymorphisms, B*5806 carries a previously unreported intronic substitution in a sequencing primer annealing site.

Eight new HLA-A alleles associated with antigens in the A2 CREG.

This report describes eight novel HLA-A alleles. Seven of these new alleles contain substitutions previously reported in other HLA-A alleles, suggesting an origin resulting from a gene conversion mechanism. Of these seven, A*2431 contains a substitution previously associated with a larger polymorphic motif.

Novel HLA-B alleles associated with antigens in the 7C CREG.

This paper describes 9 novel HLA-B locus alleles. All of the alleles carry sequence motifs observed in other HLA-B alleles.