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Description of the first HLA-DRB1 null allele.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jun 2007
Eiz-Vesper Britta, Blasczyk Rainer, Horn Peter A
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We, in this paper, describe the identification of the novel human leukocyte antigen (HLA) blank allele DRB1*0710N that was detected in a male individual of Caucasian origin. The complete HLA class I typing was A*01, A*02, B*18, B*44, DRB1*0710N, DRB1*11, DQB1*02, and DQB1*03. Compared to DRB1*070101, the new variant is characterized by two consecutive nucleotide deletions at positions 175 and 176 of exon 2,...
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