major histocompatibility complex
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How to use major histocompatibility complex in a sentence
That hot spot is on the major histocompatibility complex gene HLA-B, said Kristi Krebs, a pharmacogenomics researcher for the Estonian Genome Center at the University of Tartu.
Penicillin allergies may be linked to one immune system gene | Jeanne Erdmann | November 9, 2020 | Science News
British Dictionary definitions for major histocompatibility complex
the full name for MHC
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Scientific definitions for major histocompatibility complex
[ mā′jər ]
A group of genes that code for cell-surface histocompatibility antigens and are the principal determinants of tissue type and transplant compatibility. They are the most diverse genes in humans and are used to determine if a sample of DNA comes from a specific person.
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