title: A novel allele, HLA-B*55:77, identified by sequence-based typing in a Chinese individual.
abstract: HLA-B*55:77 differs from B*55:02:01:01 by a single nucleotide at position 164 in exon 2.
authors.affiliation: HLA Typing Laboratory, Wuhan Blood Center, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qiang
authors.affiliation: HLA Typing Laboratory, Wuhan Blood Center, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: HLA Typing Laboratory, Wuhan Blood Center, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Y-Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: HLA Typing Laboratory, Wuhan Blood Center, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zou
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D044466:Asian People; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon; D005091:Exons; D005838:Genotype; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; 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*55:77; novel allele; sequence-based typing