title: Characterization of three novel HLA alleles, HLA-B*4613, HLA-B*4614 and HLA-B*4618, in Chinese individuals.
abstract: Three novel alleles, human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*4613, HLA-B*4614 and HLA-B*4618, were identified in Chinese individuals. HLA-B*4613 shows four nucleotides difference from B*460101, resulting in two amino acids change from Glu to Val at codon 152 and Trp to Leu at codon 156. HLA-B*4614 has a single nucleotide difference at position 97 T-->C compared with HLA-B*460101, with an amino acid change from Tyr to His at codon 9. HLA-B*4618 shares the sequence of exon 2 with B*4601 and sequences of exons 3 and 4 with B*55, B*54 or B*59, together resulting in eight amino acids change compared with HLA-B*460101.
authors.affiliation: HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. qxk@zjb.org.cn
authors.forename: L-X
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: F-M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002681:China; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens