Immunologic Factor
isoantigen
[ ahy-soh-an-ti-juhn, -jen ]
Subclass of:
Antigens
Definitions related to isoantigens:
  • Antigen carried by an individual, which is capable of eliciting an immune response in genetically different individuals of the same species but not in the individual bearing it.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Antigens that exist in alternative (allelic) forms in a single species. When an isoantigen is encountered by species members who lack it, an immune response is induced. Typical isoantigens are the BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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