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Approved Symbol Approved Name Previous Symbols Aliases Chromosome Accession Numbers RefSeq IDs
HLA-A major histocompatibility complex, class I, A     6p21.3 D32129 NM_002116
HLA-B major histocompatibility complex, class I, B AS   6p21.3 M15470 NM_005514
HLA-C major histocompatibility complex, class I, C HLA-JY3, D6S204   6p21.3 M11886 NM_002117
HLA-DMA major histocompatibility complex, class II, DM alpha   D6S222E, RING6 6p21.3   NM_006120
HLA-DMB major histocompatibility complex, class II, DM beta   D6S221E, RING7 6p21.3   NM_002118
HLA-DOA major histocompatibility complex, class II, DO alpha HLA-DZA, HLA-DNA HLA-D0-alpha 6p21.3 M31525 NM_002119
HLA-DOB major histocompatibility complex, class II, DO beta     6p21.3   NM_002120
HLA-DPA1 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DP alpha 1 HLA-DP1A   6p21.3 X00457 NM_033554
HLA-DPA2 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DP alpha 2 (pseudogene) HLA-DP2A   6p21.3 X01634  
HLA-DPA3 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DP alpha 3 (pseudogene)     6p21.3    
HLA-DPB1 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DP beta 1 HLA-DP1B   6p21.3   NM_002121
HLA-DPB2 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DP beta 2 (pseudogene) HLA-DP2B DP2B, DPB2 6p21.3 M23911  
HLA-DQA1 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ alpha 1 HLA-DQA CELIAC1 6p21.3   NM_002122
HLA-DQA2 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ alpha 2 HLA-DXA   6p21.3   NM_020056
HLA-DQB1 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ beta 1 HLA-DQB IDDM1, CELIAC1 6p21.3    
HLA-DQB2 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ beta 2 HLA-DXB   6p21.3 M83890  
HLA-DQB3 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ beta 3 HLA-DVB D6S205, D6S205E, DVB, DQB3 6p21.3 M35000  
HLA-DRA major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR alpha HLA-DRA1   6p21.3   NM_019111
HLA-DRB1 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 1 HLA-DR1B   6p21.3 AJ297583 NM_002124
HLA-DRB2 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 2 (pseudogene) HLA-DR2B   6p21.3 M86691  
HLA-DRB3 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 3 HLA-DR3B   6p21.3 BC008987 NM_022555
HLA-DRB4 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 4 HLA-DR4B   6p21.3   NM_021983
HLA-DRB5 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 5     6p21.3   NM_002125
HLA-DRB6 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 6 (pseudogene)     6p21.3 L76566  
HLA-DRB7 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 7 (pseudogene)     6p21.3 AH001504  
HLA-DRB8 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 8 (pseudogene)     6p21.3 M20556  
HLA-DRB9 major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 9 (pseudogene) HLA-DRB1L, HLA-DR1BL D6S206, D6S206E 6p21.3 S78510  
HLA-E major histocompatibility complex, class I, E     6p21.3 M20022 NM_005516
HLA-F major histocompatibility complex, class I, F     6p21.3 AY253269 NM_018950
HLA-G major histocompatibility complex, class I, G     6p21.3   NM_002127
HLA-H major histocompatibility complex, class I, H (pseudogene)     6p21.3 M31944  
HLA-J major histocompatibility complex, class I, J (pseudogene) HLA-CDA12, D6S203 CDA12, HLA-59 6p21.3 M80470 XM_087978
HLA-K major histocompatibility complex, class I, K (pseudogene) HLAK, HLA70 HLA-70 6p21.3 M96335  
HLA-L major histocompatibility complex, class I, L (pseudogene) HLA92, HLAL HLA-92 6p21.3 M96338  
HLA-N major histocompatibility complex, class I, N (pseudogene)   HLA-30 6p21.3 M96329  
HLA-P major histocompatibility complex, class I, P (pseudogene) C6orf101, HLA-90 dJ377H14.3 6p21.2 M96333 NG_002731
HLA-S major histocompatibility complex, class I, S (pseudogene)   HLA-17 6p21.3 M96339  
HLA-T major histocompatibility complex, class I, T (pseudogene) HLA-16   6p21.3 M96340  
HLA-U major histocompatibility complex, class I, U (pseudogene) HLA-21 Em:AB023056.13 6p21.3 M96330  
HLA-V major histocompatibility complex, class I, V (pseudogene) HLA-75 dJ377H14.4 6p21.3 M96332 NG_002729
HLA-W major histocompatibility complex, class I, W (pseudogene) HLA-80   6p21.3 M96334  
HLA-X major histocompatibility complex, class I, X (pseudogene)     6p21.3 D88576  
HLA-Y major histocompatibility complex, class I, Y (pseudogene)   HLA-BEL/COQ/DEL 6p21.33 Y18651, AY344232, AY436316  
HLA-Z major histocompatibility complex, class I, Z (pseudogene)   HLA-Z1 6p21.3    

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