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histocompatibility complex

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Noun1.histocompatibility complex - a family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response
category, class, family - a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"


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The researchers scanned the genome of cytomegalovirus and found a microRNA that targets a gene called major histocompatibility complex class I-related chain B (MICB).
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The database contains scientific and clinical data on the relationship between major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes and transplantation.
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1) Among the genetic loci most strongly implicated in susceptibility to SLE are various immune-response genes, including the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), MHC-linked, and non-MHC genes.
HLA-DRB alleles and systemic lupus erythematosus in Jamaicans by Nicholson, George / Southern Medical Journal
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