A new HLA-B*39 allele, HLA-B*39:01:15, discovered in a Taiwanese rheumatoid arthritis patient

Tissue Antigens. 2015 Oct;86(4):300-1. doi: 10.1111/tan.12649. Epub 2015 Aug 31.

Abstract

The new allele B*39:01:15 differs from B*39:01:01 by a point mutation at position 315 (G>T) of exon 2.

Keywords: novel allele; rheumatoid arthritis; sequence-based typing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alleles*
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / genetics*
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / immunology
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / pathology
  • Base Sequence
  • Codon
  • Exons
  • HLA-B39 Antigen / genetics*
  • HLA-B39 Antigen / immunology
  • Histocompatibility Testing
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Point Mutation*
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Taiwan

Substances

  • Codon
  • HLA-B39 Antigen

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JX284120