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An HLA-B null allele (B*1526N) with a stop codon in exon 3 generated by a point mutation.
Tissue antigens - 1 Oct 1997
Mine H, Ishikawa Y, Hojo M, Imashuku S, Tokunaga K, Juji T, Saji H, Yokoyama S
Abstract excerpt
An HLA-B null allele was identified in a Japanese family during histocompatibility testing for bone marrow transplantation. The propositus was a healthy Japanese woman with three children, and her parents were cousins. Serological HLA typing of the family members indicated that the propositus was homozygous for the A24-Cw4-B blank (B null)-DR4.2-DQ3 haplotype. Total RNA was extracted from peripheral blood of the...
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