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Biological Factors > Antigens > Antigens, Surface > Antigens, Differentiation
Biological Factors > Biomarkers > Antigens, Differentiation

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Antigens, Differentiation  

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Entry terms

  • Antigen, Differentiation
  • Antigen, Marker
  • Antigens, Marker
  • Differentiation Antigen
  • Differentiation Antigens
  • Differentiation Marker
  • Differentiation Markers
  • Marker Antigen
  • Marker Antigens
  • Marker, Differentiation
  • Markers, Differentiation

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specific groups and specific differentiation antigens; note entry term LEU ANTIGENS but several specific Leu antigens are also available

Scope note

  • Antigens expressed primarily on the membranes of living cells during sequential stages of maturation and differentiation. As immunologic markers they have high organ and tissue specificity and are useful as probes in studies of normal cell development as well as neoplastic transformation.

History note

  • 88; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGENS, HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA was see ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, B-LYMPHOCYTE 1988-91; LEU ANTIGENS was see ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE 1988

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000943

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