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A novel HLA ‐B*18:80 allele identified by SBT typing in an Italian bone marrow volunteer donor
Author(s) -
Lochmann E.,
Frison S.,
Longhi E.,
Moscetti A.,
Vecchiato C.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of immunogenetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1744-313X
pISSN - 1744-3121
DOI - 10.1111/iji.12107
Subject(s) - allele , typing , exon , polymerase chain reaction , genetics , human leukocyte antigen , biology , bone marrow , sequence (biology) , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , gene , antigen
Summary A novel allele, officially named B*18:80, was detected in a Caucasoid individual by polymerase chain reaction–sequence‐specific primers and SBT . The new allele differs from B*18:01:01 at two nucleotidic positions in codon 24 at exon 2.