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Fields of Study > immunology > immunologic factors > antigens > surface antigens > histocompatibility antigens > H-Y antigen
Preferred Term:

H-Y antigen

Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
histocompatibility antigens
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/44178
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