title: Identification of a novel allele MICA*008:05 by sequence-based typing.
abstract: The new allele differs from MICA*008:01:01 by a single nucleotide substitution at position 591 of exon 3.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Qingdao Blood Center, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Z-H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: S-X
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: X-H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Z-J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D005091:Exons; D005838:Genotype; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000235:genetics*; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; C099187:MHC class I-related chain A
keywords: cloning; major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related A; new allele; sequence-based typing