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Identification of a novel HLA-Cw*05 allele, Cw*0503.
Tissue antigens - 1 May 2000
Huang L Q, Boon T, Van Pel A
Abstract excerpt
HLA-Cw*05 is one of the least polymorphic subgroups of HLA-C; so far only two alleles, namely Cw*0501 and Cw*0502, have been reported. We report here the identification of a third allele, Cw*0503, in a Caucasian individual. Cw*0503 is closely related to Cw*0501 with only six nucleotide substitutions clustering over a fragment of 48 nucleotides at the beginning of exon 4. All these six substitutions at the same...
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