title: HLA-DQB1*0404, a novel DQB1-allele detected in a volunteer blood platelet donor typed for HLA.
abstract: Introduction of a novel human leukocyte antigen-DQB1 allele, DQB1*0404, which featured one nucleotide mismatch in comparison with DQB1*0402.
authors.affiliation: Labor für Immungenetik, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München, München, Germany. klaus.witter@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Witter
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zahn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Volgger
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Reininger
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D001483:Base Sequence; D001782:Blood Donors; D001792:Blood Platelets; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains; C069051:HLA-DQB1 antigen