title: A novel HLA-B allele, B*13:18, identified by sequence-based typing.
abstract: The B*13:18 allele differs from the most closely matching allele B*13:02:01 by one nucleotide substitution in exon 3, at position 539.
authors.affiliation: HLA Laboratory, Beijing Red Cross Blood Center, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D059908:HLA-B13 Antigen / Q000235:genetics*; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D059908:HLA-B13 Antigen