Immunologic Factor
differentiation antigens
Subclass of:
Biological Markers;
Surface Antigens
Definitions related to differentiation antigens:
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Antigens normally only seen at particular phases of differentiation of a cell type.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(antigens, differentiation) Antigens expressed primarily on the membranes of living cells during sequential stages of maturation and differentiation. As immunologic markers they have high organ and tissue specificity and are useful as probes in studies of normal cell development as well as neoplastic transformation.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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