Identification of a novel human DRB1*13 allele by sequence-based DRB typing
L Caggiari1, M P Simula, A Marzotto
1Division of Experimental Oncology I, IRCCS, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano (PN), Italy.
Tissue Antigens
|August 17, 2005
Abstract:
Herein, we report on a novel DRB1 allele (DRB1*1368) identified during sequence-based HLA-DRB typing. This new DRB1 allele is identical to DRB1*1301 at exon 2 except for a single-nucleotide substitution at codon 37, changing the amino acid Asn to Asp.
