MHC

M3H4C3

Initialism of major histocompatibility complex.

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nounMHC (plural MHCs)

plural MHCs

  1. abbreviationinitialismimmunologyInitialism of major histocompatibility complex.

    Wederkind and Füri looked at MHC genes on chromosome 6, which are the genes involved in the definition of self and the recognition of parastic intruders by the immune system.

    1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 144
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