title: Identification of a novel HLA-A*02 variant, HLA-A*02:621, in a Taiwanese bone marrow donor.
abstract: One nucleotide replacement at residue 169 of HLA-A*02:01:01:01 results in a new allele, HLA-A*02:621.
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. edward@tzuchi.com.tw.|Department of Laboratory Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan. edward@tzuchi.com.tw.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Yang
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: S-P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Chen
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; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon / Q000737:chemistry; D005091:Exons; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen / 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; D013624:Taiwan; D061349:Unrelated Donors
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; C524866:HLA-A*02 antigen; D015789:HLA-A2 Antigen
keywords: HLA-A*02:621; bone marrow; human leukocyte antigen; novel allele; sequence-based typing