title: Characterization of a novel HLA-B*18 variant allele, HLA-B*18:122, by genome sequencing.
abstract: The HLA-B*18:122 allele showed four nucleotide differences from HLA-B*18:01:01:01.
authors.affiliation: Division of Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Biology, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sciarrino
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Genetics, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Donno
authors.affiliation: Division of Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Biology, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Biagini
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Genetics, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rombolà
authors.affiliation: Division of Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Biology, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Curcio
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D001483:Base Sequence; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D003062:Codon / Q000737:chemistry; D005091:Exons; D015870:Gene Expression; D015894:Genome, Human; D059911:HLA-B18 Antigen / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D059911:HLA-B18 Antigen
keywords: HLA-B*18:122; sequence-based typing ; variant allele