title: A novel HLA-B allele, HLA-B*56:40.
abstract: HLA-B*56:40 allele differs from B*56:01:01:01 by one nucleotide substitution at position 874.
authors.affiliation: Blood Typing Laboratory, Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Blood Typing Laboratory, Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Blood Typing Laboratory, Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Blood Typing Laboratory, Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Y Q
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Blood Typing Laboratory, Shanghai Blood Center, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xiang
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D044466:Asian People; D001483:Base Sequence; D005091:Exons; D015870:Gene Expression; D005838:Genotype; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D061349:Unrelated Donors
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens; C056079:HLA-B56 antigen
keywords: HLA-B*56:40; new allele; sequence-based typing