In article <robin_beech-2808960958140001 at news.mcgill.ca>,
Robin Beech <robin_beech at maclan.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>Does anybody have information, or possibly a review, of using PCR based
>HLA allele identification?
>>Robin Beech
>Institute of Parasitology
>McGill University
The 12th International Histocompatibility Workshop (held just
last year, I think) put together a huge, comprehensive HLA Class I
SSP ARMS-PCR typing kit. They have eighty-two standard primer mixes
that are used to identify motifs in most of the common HLA-A, B, and C
alleles. You'll need a 96-well format PCR machine to run it.
You can contact the group responsible for preparing and distrib-
uting these kits at the following address:
Tissue Antigen Laboratory
Imperial Cancer Research Fund
44, Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PX
United Kingdom
FAX (44) 171-831-6786
I think that similar typing methods exist for HLA Class II, but
that's out of my expertise.
>PS no one had any information on identifying ABO blood groups by PCR in
>response to my earlier post
Perhaps this is because the genes responsible for generating the
alternative oligosaccharide structures have not been cloned? Just a
guess.
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