major histocompatibility complex (human), class I, B56 Alleles B*5601, *5602, *5603, *5604 Structure (See HLA-B) Symbol(s) HLA-B EBI-HLA B*5601 B*5602 B*5603 B*5604 Locus chr.6 6p21.31
HLA-B56 (B56) is an HLA-B serotype. B56 is a split antigen from the B22 broad antigen, sister serotypes are B54 and B55. The serotype identifies the more common HLA-B*56 gene products. (For terminology help see: HLA-serotype tutorial)
Serotype + B56 and B22 serotype recognition of Some HLA B*56 allele-group gene productsderived from IMGT/HLA B*56 B56 B22 Sample allele % % size (N) 5601 72 5 671 5603 46 8 13 5604 73 11
Allele distribution + HLA B*5601 frequencies freq ref. Population (%) Australian Aborigine Kimberly35.5 Papua New Guinea Madang34.6 Papua New Guinea New Britain Rabaul31.6 Taiwan Ami20.4 New Caledonia19.2 Australian Aborigine Groote Eylandt18.0 Australian Aborigine Cape York Peninsula16.5 Australian Aborigine Yuendumu11.4 China Yunnan Lisu9.4 China Yunnan Nu3.8 Senegal Niokholo Mandenka2.7 Sudanese2.5 American Samoa2.0 China Guangxi Maonan1.9 Taiwan Hakka1.8 Thailand1.8 Finland1.7 Georgia Tbilisi Kurds1.7 India Andhra Pradesh Golla1.4 Croatia1.3 Japan (5)1.3 South Africa Natal Tamil1.0 Taiwan Rukai1.0
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