A novel HLA-B*51 allele, HLA-B*5149.
Discovery of the novel HLA-B*5149 allele in a North American Caucasian individual is described. It differs from B*510101 by one nucleotide within the coding sequence of exons 1-6. A substitution at nucleotide position 488 in exon 3 changes alanine to glycine in amino acid position 139.
HLA Laboratory, Blood Systems Laboratories, 2424 West Erie Drive, Tempe, AZ 85282, USA. rendres@bloodsystems.org
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D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059949:HLA-B51 Antigen; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D015235:HLA-B Antigens; C469675:HLA-B*51:01:02 antigen; D059949:HLA-B51 Antigen