title: Identification of a novel HLA-C*08 allele, HLA-C*08:78, by sequence-based typing in a Korean individual.
abstract: HLA-C*08:78 differs from C*08:01:01 by a nonsynonymous mutation at codon 239 (GGA to AGA) in exon 4.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul Medical Science Institute, Seoul Clinical Laboratories, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: S-H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Y-A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: O-J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Y-J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K-R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005787:Gene Frequency; D016678:Genome; D005838:Genotype; D015236:HLA-C Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D007723:Korea; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D015236:HLA-C Antigens; C524551:HLA-C*08 antigen
keywords: HLA-C*08; HLA-C*08:78; HLA-class I; sequence-based typing