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Identification of a new HLA-B*15 allele, HLA-B*1569.
Tissue antigens - 1 Feb 2002
Smillie David M, Smith P A, Day S, Dunn P P J
Abstract excerpt
We have identified a new HLA-B*15 allele (B*1569) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using sequence-specific primers (SSP) and sequence-based typing (SBT). This novel allele was found in a 67-year-old white Caucasian male and differs from HLA-B*1503 at 3 positions. The nucleotide substitutions at positions 544, 559 and 560 result in amino acid changes at codon 158 from GCC (alanine) to ACC (threonine), and at...
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