Identification of a novel HLA-C allele, HLA-C*04:82, by sequence-based typing in a Chinese individual.

A novel HLA allele, C*04:82, was identified in a Chinese individual, which has nine nucleotides insertion compared with the closest matching allele HLA-C*04:01:01 in exon 5, resulting in three amino acid insertions: 301 Ala, 302 Val and 303 Leu.