HLA • Vol 102 • No 4
The genotype list string code syntax for exchanging <scp>nomenclature‐level</scp> genotyping results in clinical and research data management and analysis systems
July 2023 • Steven J. Mack, Jürgen Sauter, James Robinson, Kazutoyo Osoegawa, Lloyd McKenzie, Joel Schneider, Martin Maiers, Robert P. Milius
The nomenclatures used to describe HLA and killer‐cell immunoglobulin‐like receptor (KIR) alleles distinguish unique nucleotide and peptide sequences, and patterns of expression, but are insufficient for describing genotyping results, as description of ambiguities and relations across loci require terminology beyond allele names. The genotype list (GL) String grammar describes genotyping results for genetic systems with defined nomenclatures, like HLA and KIR, documenting what is known and unknown about a given ge…