title: A novel HLA-A allele, HLA-A*02:488, identified by sequence-based typing.
abstract: HLA-A*02:488 differs from HLA-A*02:01:01:01 by one nucleotide exchange at position 425(A > G) with an amino exchange.
authors.affiliation: HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of Wuhan, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: W-X
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J-A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: J-S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: H-X
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D001483:Base Sequence; D005091:Exons; D005838:Genotype; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: C524866:HLA-A*02 antigen; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen
keywords: a novel allele; human leukocyte antigen-A; sequence-based typing