Identification of the novel allele, HLA-B*44:256, in an individual from West Bengal in Eastern India

Abstract

Next generation sequencing based HLA typing has led to the identification of a novel allele HLA-B*44:256. The novel allele HLA-B*44:256 differs from B*44:02:01:01 by eight nucleotides in exon 3.

Keywords: HLA-B; West Bengal; full length sequence; next generation sequencing; novel allele.