"H-Y Antigen" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D006182
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.050.301.500.600.400 D23.050.705.552.600.400
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| Concept/Terms |
H-Y Antigen- H-Y Antigen
- Antigen, H-Y
- H Y Antigen
- HY Antigen
- Antigen, HY
- GA-1 Germ Cell Antigen
- GA 1 Germ Cell Antigen
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