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The immunogenomics of minor histocompatibility antigens.
Immunological reviews - 1 Dec 2002
Roopenian Derry, Choi Eun Young, Brown Aaron
Abstract excerpt
Minor histocompatibility (H) antigens are a diverse assemblage of major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-bound peptides with the unifying property of acting as alloantigens that induce allogeneic tissue rejection. They are a consequence of any form of accumulated genetic variation that translates to differential MHC-presented peptide epitopes, the most common form of which is simple sequence polymorphisms. The...
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