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Biological Factors > Antigens > Antigens, Surface > Histocompatibility Antigens > Minor Histocompatibility Antigens
Biological Factors > Antigens > Isoantigens > Histocompatibility Antigens > Minor Histocompatibility Antigens

Preferred term

Minor Histocompatibility Antigens  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Allelic alloantigens often responsible for weak graft rejection in cases when (major) histocompatibility has been established by standard tests. In the mouse they are coded by more than 500 genes at up to 30 minor histocompatibility loci. The most well-known minor histocompatibility antigen in mammals is the H-Y antigen.

Entry terms

  • Histocompatibility Antigens, Minor
  • Minor Histocompatibility Antigen
  • Minor Histocompatibility Peptide
  • Minor Histocompatibility Peptides

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VNHV7NS6-J

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