H-Y antigen is a male tissue specific antigen. Originally thought to trigger the formation of testes (via loci, an autosomal gene that generates the antigen...
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H antigen can refer to one of the various types of antigens having diverse biological functions: Also known as substance H, H antigen is a precursor to...
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as HY antigens. H-Y antigens are encoded by genes on the Y chromosome. Both HLA class I and II alleles have been found to present these antigens. Some...
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XYYY syndrome (redirect from Trisomy Y)
expression of H-Y antigen, and the azoospermia observed in 48,XYYY subjects may in turn be associated with a higher expression of H-Y antigen than in 47...
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Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) describes a set of highly-related glycoproteins involved in cell adhesion. CEA is normally produced in gastrointestinal...
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Ray Blanchard (category Articles with hCards)
and the immune system of the mother: because certain proteins (called H-y antigens) are produced by male and not by female fetuses, the mother's immune...
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is this antigen which maternal H-Y antibodies are proposed to both react to and 'remember'. Successive male fetuses are then attacked by H-Y antibodies...
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Duffy antigen/chemokine receptor (DARC), also known as Fy glycoprotein (FY) or CD234 (Cluster of Differentiation 234), is a protein that in humans is...
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(the antigen-binding site), comprising a set of complementarity-determining regions, at the amino terminal end of the monomer. Each arm of the Y thus...
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sensitized to H-Y antigens involved in the sexual differentiation of male vertebrates, and producing antibodies that attack these antigens. Specifically...
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Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a DNA clamp that acts as a processivity factor for DNA polymerase δ in eukaryotic cells and is essential...
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Hh blood group (redirect from Hh antigen system)
substance H), the antigen which is present in blood group O. As a result, they cannot make A antigen (also called substance A) or B antigen (substance...
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between two motile phenotypes, different "H" antigens may be expressed. Salmonella that can express only one "H" antigen phase consequently have motile and non-motile...
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Index of genetics articles (section Y)
II intron Group selection Guanine Guanosine Guide RNA Gynandromorph H-Y antigen Haemoglobin (hb) Haemophilia Haplodiploidy Haploid Haploidization Haploinsufficiency...
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The human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system is a complex of genes on chromosome 6 in humans that encode cell-surface proteins responsible for regulation...
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Prostate-specific antigen (PSA), also known as gamma-seminoprotein or kallikrein-3 (KLK3), P-30 antigen, is a glycoprotein enzyme encoded in humans by...
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Index of immunology articles (section H)
tissue H-Y antigen Hapten Hemocyte Hemolin Hepatocyte growth factor Heptavalent botulism antitoxin Herd immunity Heterophile Heterophile antigen Heterosubtypic...
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Blood type (redirect from Blood group antigen)
absence of antibodies and inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). These antigens may be proteins, carbohydrates, glycoproteins...
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Ki-67 (protein) (redirect from Ki-67 antigen)
Antigen Kiel 67, also known as Ki-67 or MKI67 (marker of proliferation Kiel 67), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MKI67 gene (antigen identified...
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CAR T cell (redirect from Chimeric Antigen Receptor)
In biology, chimeric antigen receptors (CARs)—also known as chimeric immunoreceptors, chimeric T cell receptors or artificial T cell receptors—are receptor...
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ABO blood group system (redirect from A antigen)
is used to denote the presence of one, both, or neither of the A and B antigens on erythrocytes (red blood cells). For human blood transfusions, it is...
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The Kell antigen system (also known as the Kell–Cellano system) is a human blood group system, that is, a group of antigens on the human red blood cell...
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Human blood group systems (redirect from Blood group antigen proteins)
Transfusion (ISBT) as systems in the human species where cell-surface antigens—in particular, those on blood cells—are "controlled at a single gene locus...
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Cytotoxic T cell (redirect from Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated antigen 4)
cells express T-cell receptors (TCRs) that can recognize a specific antigen. An antigen is a molecule capable of stimulating an immune response and is often...
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T-cell receptor (redirect from Alpha-beta T-cell antigen receptor)
recognizing fragments of antigen as peptides bound to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules. The binding between TCR and antigen peptides is of relatively...
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Helicobacter pylori (redirect from H. pylori)
of H. pylori consists of phospholipids and lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The O-antigen of LPS may be fucosylated and mimic Lewis blood group antigens found...
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B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA or BCM), also known as tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 17 (TNFRSF17), is a protein that in humans is...
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Pathogenic Escherichia coli (section H antigen)
in animals, namely:[citation needed] O antigen: part of lipopolysaccharide layer K antigen: capsule H antigen: flagellin For example, E. coli strain EDL933...
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Antibody (redirect from Receptors, antigen, b-cell)
a large, Y-shaped protein belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily which is used by the immune system to identify and neutralize antigens such as bacteria...
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