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Identification of the novel allele HLA-B*1546 which belongs to the serological B72 type: implications for bone marrow transplantation.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 2000
Elsner H A, Wölpl A, Goldmann S F, Blasczyk R
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The identification of the novel allele HLA-B*1546, which has serological B50 and B72 reactivity, was found in two members of a family of Turkish origin. In the sequence analysis the new allele differs from B*1501 by four nucleotides in exon 2. Its structure suggests that it may have originated by gene conversion with B*40, B*41, B*44, B*4501, B*47, B*4901 or B*50. At the protein level, the new allele has three...
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