The IMGT/HLA database

The IMGT/HLA database (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/imgt/ hla) has provided a centralized repository for the sequences of the alleles named by the WHO Nomenclature Committee for Factors of the HLA System for the past four years. Since its initial release the database has grown and is the primary source of information for the study of sequences of the human major histocompatibilty complex. The initial release of the database contained a limited number of tools. As a result of feedback from our users and developments in HLA we have been able to provide new tools and facilities. The HLA sequences have also been extended to include intron sequences and the 30 and 50 untranslated regions in the alignments and also the inclusion of new genes such as MICA. The IMGT/MHC database (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/imgt/mhc) was released in March 2002 to provide a similar resource for other species. The first release of IMGT/MHC contains the sequences of non-human primates (apes, new and old world monkeys), canine...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2011
• Where: NAR
• Authors: James Robinson, Kavita Mistry, Hamish McWilliam, Rodrigo Lopez, Peter Parham, Steven G. E. Marsh
• Keywords: Computer Vision, Database, Initial Release, NAR 2011, Sequences