Genomic full-length analysis of the B*08:79 allele suggests exon shuffling involving the B*08:01:01 and B*07:06 alleles.
B*08:79 is composed by partial B*08:01:01 and B*07:06 sequences because of a possible recombination event within intron 2.
Histocompatibilidad, Centro de Transfusión de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. abalas.trans@salud.madrid.org
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D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics*; D015894:Genome, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D015793:HLA-B7 Antigen / Q000235:genetics*; D015795:HLA-B8 Antigen / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
C425023:HLA-B*07 antigen; C509422:HLA-B*08:01 antigen; D015793:HLA-B7 Antigen; D015795:HLA-B8 Antigen