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Identification of a novel allele, DRB1*1340, in two Brazilian individuals.
Tissue antigens - 1 Aug 2000
Maciag P C, Junes K S, Villa L L, Petzl-Erler M L
Abstract excerpt
We identified a novel HLA-DRB1 allele, named DRB1*1340 by the WHO HLA Nomenclature Committee, in two Brazilian individuals. Typing by polymerase chain reaction using sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes (PCR-SSOP) showed a DRB1*13 allele with an unusual hybridization pattern. DNA sequencing of both strands and comparison of the sequence with previously described DRB1 alleles revealed that the most similar...
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