title: Identification of a novel HLA-A*23 variant allele, A*23:50.
abstract: HLA-A*23:50 differs from HLA-A*23:01:01 by one nucleotide at position 112 resulting in an amino acid change, Arginine to Tryptophan, at codon 14 of exon 2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ferriola
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heron
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lind
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Monos
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000483:Alleles; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D001120:Arginine / Q000235:genetics; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D003062:Codon; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005091:Exons; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000235:genetics; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; C084028:HLA-A*23 antigen; D014364:Tryptophan; D001120:Arginine