A novel allele HLA-B*550203 was identified by polymerase chain reaction-sequence-based typing.
One nucleotide difference was shown at position 594 in exon 3 from C to T between human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*550203 and HLA-B*550201, which does not alter amino acids in the mature protein.
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HLA Typing Laboratory, Transfusion Research Institute, Blood Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. qxk@zjb.org.cn
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D000483:Alleles; D020137:Base Pair Mismatch; D001483:Base Sequence; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014019:Tissue Donors
D017931:DNA Primers; D015235:HLA-B Antigens