title: A new HLA-DRB allele (DRB1*15014) identified in a Caucasian individual.
abstract: Polymerase chain reaction with sequence specific primers subtyping of a DRB1*15 allele in a male 11-year-old German Caucasian and his father revealed a reaction pattern that did not agree with any known specificity, thus suggesting the existence of a novel allele. Sequence-based typing after allelic separation revealed the new allele human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1*15014. The sequence pattern of HLA-DRB1*15014 might have been generated as a result of two independent recombinations, most likely over several generations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplantation Immunology, Institute of Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Czachurski
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Opelz
authors.forename: Joannis
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mytilineos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002648:Child; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains