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Characterization of a novel HLA-Cw*02 variant, Cw*0208, in a Caucasian individual.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jun 2005
Canossi A, Aureli A, Piancatelli D, Liberatore G, Del Beato T, Ozzella G, Tessitore A, Piazza A, Papola F, Casciani C U, Adorno D
Abstract excerpt
We describe an additional HLA-Cw*02 variant, HLA-Cw*0208, which has been identified in a renal transplant recipient of Caucasian origin (Italy). After performing preliminary serological typing, we analyzed exons 2 and 3 of the HLA-C locus polymorphism by cloning the amplified DNA and using a sequence-based typing method. The new allele differs from Cw*020202 by one nucleotide substitution at nucleotide 61 (G-->A)...
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