title: Characterisation of a new HLA-B allele, HLA-B*0720, identified in the Cuban population.
abstract: The HLA class I genes display significant levels of polymorphism, which is principally due to hypervariable regions located in the second and third exons. To date, 286 HLA-B alleles have been identified and characterised. We describe a new HLA-B*07 allele present in a Cuban Caucasoid individual, which has been officially named HLA-B*0720.
authors.affiliation: Northern Ireland Regional Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory, City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Curran
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Padadoa Perez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Middleton
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D003462:Cuba / Q000208:ethnology; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015793:HLA-B7 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens; C425024:HLA-B*07:20 antigen; D015793:HLA-B7 Antigen