title: Identification of a novel HLA-DPB1 allele, DPB1*138:01, by sequence-based typing.
abstract: The new allele differs from HLA-DPB1*23:01 in exon 3.
authors.affiliation: Tissue Typing Laboratory, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Department, Polyclinic Umberto I, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Perrone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andreani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gesuiti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Condello
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Testi
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6; D005091:Exons; D059868:HLA-DP beta-Chains / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D059868:HLA-DP beta-Chains; C071170:HLA-DPB1 antigen