title: HLA-B*40:329, a novel HLA-B*40 variant, identified in a Taiwanese individual.
abstract: One nucleotide substitution at codon 254 of HLA-B*40:01:01 results in a new allele, HLA-B*40:329.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Tzu Chi Cord Blood Bank, and Buddhist Tzu Chi Bone 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: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Tzu Chi Cord Blood Bank, and Buddhist Tzu Chi Bone Marrow Donor Registry, Buddhist Tzu Chi Stem Cells Centre, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
authors.forename: S-P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Tzu Chi Cord Blood Bank, and Buddhist Tzu Chi Bone 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; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D001483:Base Sequence; D005091:Exons; D015870:Gene Expression; D005838:Genotype; D059947:HLA-B40 Antigen / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D017354:Point Mutation; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013624:Taiwan; D061349:Unrelated Donors
chemical_list: D059947:HLA-B40 Antigen
keywords: HLA-B*40:329; bone marrow; hematopoietic stem cell; human leukocyte antigen; sequence-based typing