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Diversity associated with the second expressed HLA-DRB locus in the human population.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jan 1997
Robbins F, Hurley C K, Tang T, Yao H, Lin Y S, Wade J, Goeken N, Hartzman R J
Abstract excerpt
Although diversity within the HLA-DRB region is predominantly focused in the DRB1 gene, the second expressed DRB loci, DRB3, DRB4, and DRB5, also exhibit variation. Within DRB1(*)15 or DRB1(*)16 haplotypes, four new variants were identified: 1) two new DRB5 alleles, DRB5*0104 and DRB5*0204, 2) a haplotype carrying a DRB1(*)15 or *16 allele without the usual accompanying DRB5 allele, and 3) a haplotype carrying a...
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