title: [Identification of a novel allele HLA-B*37:04:02].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report on a novel HLA allele identified in a Chinese individual.
  
  
  METHODS
  Routine HLA genotyping was carried out with polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific oligonucleotide probes (PCR-SSOP) and sequencing-based typing (SBT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A new HLA allele has been identified. The sequence differed from its closest allele B*37:04:01 at nt618 (GCG→GCA), which resulted in no change of codon 206.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A novel HLA allele HLA-B*37:04:02 (GU391034) has been identified and officially named by the WHO Nomenclature Committee.
authors.affiliation: Liaoning Blood Center, Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research of Liaoning, Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research of Shenyang, Shenyang, Liaoning 110044, P.R. China.ljp_63@163.com.
authors.forename: Xiaofeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Kunlian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fengqiu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D005838:Genotype; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens