Characterisation of the Novel HLA-DRB1*07:173 Allele by Sequencing-Based Typing
Vincent Elsermans1, Jonathan Visentin2,3, Julie Demaret1,4
1CHU de Lille, Institut d'Immunologie-HLA, Lille, France.
HLA
|July 1, 2026
Abstract:
HLA-DRB1*07:173 differs from HLA-DRB1*07:01:01:01 by one nucleotide substitution in codon 41 in exon 2.
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