title: HLA-B*15:04:04, a novel HLA allele identified during proficiency testing in Brazil.
abstract: HLA-B*15:04:04 differs from HLA-B*15:04:01 by one nucleotide at codon 238 (gat > gac).
authors: Immunogenetics Institute, Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa, AFIP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. gisele@igen.org.br.
authors: G F
authors: GF
authors: Rampim
authors: Immunogenetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, Brazil.
authors: A S
authors: AS
authors: Araújo
authors: Immunogenetics Institute, Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa, AFIP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: T B
authors: TB
authors: Mourão
authors: Immunogenetics Institute, Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa, AFIP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: T N
authors: TN
authors: Furuyama
authors: Immunogenetics Institute, Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa, AFIP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Gerbase-DeLima
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D001782:Blood Donors; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001938:Brazil; D003062:Codon / Q000737:chemistry; D005091:Exons; D059910:HLA-B15 Antigen / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006239:Haplotypes; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D059021:Laboratory Proficiency Testing / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D059910:HLA-B15 Antigen
keywords: HLA-B*15:04:04; new allele; sequence-based typing