Usually means: Proteins for immune system recognition.
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  1. human leukocyte antigen: Merriam-Webster
  2. human leukocyte antigen: Dictionary.com
  3. Human Leukocyte Antigen, Human leukocyte antigen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. human leukocyte antigen: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. human leukocyte antigen: Wiktionary

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  1. human leukocyte antigen: Encyclopedia

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  1. human leukocyte antigen: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA): Merck Manuals
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  6. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  7. human leukocyte antigen: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. human leukocyte antigen: Medical dictionary
  9. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  a complex of genes on chromosome 6 in humans which encode cell-surface proteins responsible for the regulation of the immune system

Similar:
HLA, tissue typing, histocompatibility complex, acetylcholine, lymphocyte, basophil, basophile, neutrophil, monocyte, neutrophile, more...

Opposite:
non-HLA, alloantigen, non-self antigen

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Similar:
HLA, tissue typing, histocompatibility complex, acetylcholine, lymphocyte, basophil, basophile, neutrophil, monocyte, neutrophile, more...

Opposite:
non-HLA, alloantigen, non-self antigen



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