title: A novel HLA allele, HLA-B*40:227, was identified by polymerase chain reaction sequence-based typing in a Chinese individual.
abstract: HLA-B*40:227 has one nucleotide change from B*40:01:01 in exon 2 at position 265 C>G.
authors.affiliation: HLA typing laboratory, Blood Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research, Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: F-M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: H-J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lv
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D044466:Asian People; D001483:Base Sequence; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D005091:Exons; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / 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: D015235:HLA-B Antigens
keywords: HLA-B*40:227; new allele; polymerase chain reaction sequence-based typing