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... > Biological Factors > Antigens > Isoantigens > Histocompatibility Antigens > Minor Histocompatibility Antigens > H-Y Antigen
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Preferred term

H-Y Antigen  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Antigen, HY
  • GA 1 Germ Cell Antigen
  • GA-1 Germ Cell Antigen
  • HY Antigen

Note

  • mammals only

Scope note

  • A sex-specific cell surface antigen produced by the sex-determining gene of the Y chromosome in mammals. It causes syngeneic grafts from males to females to be rejected and interacts with somatic elements of the embryologic undifferentiated gonad to produce testicular organogenesis.

History note

  • 79

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006182

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