title: Discovery of HLA-B*58:77, a novel HLA-B*58 variant, in a Taiwanese blood donor.
abstract: One nucleotide substitution at residue 506 of HLA-B*58:01:01:01 results in a novel allele, HLA-B*58:77.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Tzu Chi Cord Blood Bank, and Buddhist Tzu Chi Marrow Donor Registry, Buddhist Tzu Chi Stem Cells Centre, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.|Department of Laboratory Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)/University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Tzu Chi Cord Blood Bank, and Buddhist Tzu Chi Marrow Donor Registry, Buddhist Tzu Chi Stem Cells Centre, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D001782:Blood Donors; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens
keywords: HLA-B*58:77; bone marrow; hematopoietic stem cell; human leukocyte antigen; sequence-based typing