title: A novel allele, HLA-B*55:70 was identified in a Chinese cord blood donor.
abstract: HLA-B*55:70 has one base substitution at position 199 C>T in exon 2 compared to HLA-B*55:02:01.
authors.affiliation: HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research, Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research, Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: N-Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research, Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: L-N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research, Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: HLA Typing Laboratory, Blood Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research, Ministry of Health, Hangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Blood Safety Research, Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: F-M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D044466:Asian People; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon; D036101:Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation; D005091:Exons; D005838:Genotype; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D017354:Point Mutation; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; C082944:HLA-B55 antigen
keywords: HLA-B*55:70; new allele; polymerase chain reaction sequence-based typing