HLA CLASS-II REGION NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCES, 1994

The HLA class II region sequences included in this compilation are tak en from publications listed in the papers: Nomenclature for factors of the KLA system, 1994 (Bodmer et al., 1994), Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 1991 (Bodmer et nl., 1992), Nomenclature for factor s of the HLA system, 1990 (Bodmer ct al., 1991) and Nomenclature for f actors of the HLA system, 1989 (Bodmer el al., 1990). Where discrepanc ies have arisen between reported sequences, the original authors have been contacted where possible, and necessary amendments to published s equences have been incorporated into this alignment. Future sequencing may identify errors in this list and we would welcome any evidence th at helps to maintain the accuracy of this compilation. fn the sequence alignments, identity between residues is indicated by a hyphen (-). A n unavailable sequence is indicated by an asterisk (), gaps in the se quence are inserted to maintain the alignment between different allele s showing variation in amino acid number. In the following Tables, all ele alignments include sequences across all exons. However, since for many alleles sequence information is incomplete, such alleles will be cut short in the Tables and the alignments compressed to conserve spac e.