CLASS I SEQUENCE BASED TYPING OF HLA-A, -B, AND -C ALLELES BY DIRECT DNA SEQUENCING

摘要

There is provided a method for directly typing or sequencing HLA-A, -B, or - C alleles from a tissue sample wherein exons 2 and 3 of the HLA-A, -B, or -C alleles from the sample are amplified together in a locus specific manner and then separated out and individually amplified in a locus specific manner. After the two amplifications, the amplified exons are directly sequenced, the sequences are recombined, and a comparison is made between the derived HLA allele sequence and an HLA allele database, thereby giving an exact HLA-A, -B, or -C type for the sample being tested.