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. 2013 Aug 19;10(6):490–496. doi: 10.1038/cmi.2013.33

Table 4. MHC class I alleles sorted according to the nucleotide sequences at the 5′-end of exon 2.

MHC loci Number of alleles sorted according to the nucleotide sequences at positions 74–78a
  GCTCC GCTCT GCTG(T/C) Other sequences
HLA-A Non-A*02 1686b,c 9e,f 2h,i 4h,i
  A*02 6b,d 533e,g 1h,j 0
HLA-B   2925 0 0 5
HLA-C   1781 0 0 4
HLA-E, -F, -G, -H, -J, -K and -L   108 0 0 7

According to published sequences in the IMGT/HLA database (release 3.12.0).2

a

Numbered according to the alignment of coding DNA sequences of HLA-A alleles in the IMGT/HLA database.2

b

General Non-A*02 (GNA2) alleles.

c

Non-A*02 (NA2) alleles.

d

Special A*02 (SA2) alleles.

e

General A*02 (GA2) alleles.

f

Special Non-A*02 (SNA2) alleles.

g

A*02 (A2) alleles.

h

Special HLA-A (SA) alleles.

i

Exceptional Non-A*02 (ENA2) alleles.

j

Allele A*02:236.