title: Identification of a novel HLA-B*15 variant allele, HLA-B*15:276, in an umbilical cord blood donor.
abstract: A newly identified allele, named HLA B*15:276, differs from B*15:01:01:01 by the single nucleotide substitution 511T-C at codon 147 (Trp → Arg) in exon 3.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, U.O. Medicina Trasfusionale e Biologia dei Trapianti, Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barbuti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sciarrino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mariotti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Curcio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scatena
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005805:Genes, MHC Class I; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy; D019520:Living Donors; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens
keywords: B*15:276; HLA-B; novel allele; sequence-based typing; umbilical cord blood