title: Identification of a novel HLA-DRB1*13 variant allele: DRB1*13:154.
abstract: A newly identified allele, named HLA-DRB1*13:154, differs from DRB1*13:13 by the single nucleotide substitution 227T-A at codon 47 in exon 2.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Immunogenetica, U.O. Medicina Trasfusionale e Biologia dei Trapianti, AOUP, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barbuti
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Putignano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rombolà
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Curcio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scatena
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D005091:Exons; D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains / Q000235:genetics*; 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: D059811:HLA-DRB1 Chains
keywords: DRB1*13 novel allele; DRB1*13:154; sequence-based typing; umbilical cord blood