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Identification of an HLA-B*07 allele variant (B*0740) in the Chinese Han population.
Tissue antigens - 1 Aug 2005
Wang C Y, Pan Q, Xue M, Miao K R, Fei X M, Zhou X Y, Zhao X, Kukuruga D, Osowski L, Poore B, Beattie R, Shi W X, Zhang H
Abstract excerpt
A novel HLA-B*07 allele, B*0740, has been identified by sequence-based typing (SBT) in the Chinese Han population. This new allele is identical to B*0705 and B*0706 for exons 2, 3, and 4, except for a single nucleotide at position 605 of codon 202 in exon 3 (AAG-->ATG) leading to an amino acid change from lysine to methionine. SBT was performed following allele separation using the Haploprep method. The...
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