histocompatibility gene
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histocompatibility gene
[‚his·tə·kəm′pad·ə‚bil·əd·ē ‚jēn] (genetics)
In mammals, any of the genes, specially those of the major histocompatibility complex, that influence immunological properties of cellular antigens.
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