title: Characterization of a novel HLA-B allele (HLA-B*18:108) by intron-exon sequencing of the HLA-B locus.
abstract: HLA-B*18:108 has two nucleotide changes from B*18:01:01:02 at nt 430 where A → G and nt 431 where G → A.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Immunogenetica, U.O. Medicina Trasfusionale e Biologia dei Trapianti, AOUP, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Curcio
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Immunogenetica, U.O. Medicina Trasfusionale e Biologia dei Trapianti, AOUP, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sciarrino
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Immunogenetica, U.O. Medicina Trasfusionale e Biologia dei Trapianti, AOUP, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Biagini
authors.affiliation: NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.affiliation: NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gobbo
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scatena
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Traslazionale, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Presciuttini
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D056426:Genetic Loci; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens
keywords: HLA-B*18:108; novel allele; sequence-based typing