title: HLA-DRB1*08:48, a novel allele identified in a Brazilian donor.
abstract: The new allele presents a point mutation at codon 67.1 (ATC→CTC) resulting in a conservative change from isoleucine to leucine.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility, Genetics Department, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Mattar
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Wowk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: da Graça Bicalho
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D001483:Base Sequence; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D001938:Brazil; D003062:Codon; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains