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Biology

A natural science concerned with the study of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially in relation to their origin, growth, reproduction, structure, behaviour and evolution.

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hypervariable

Biology; Immunology

The hypervariable (HV) regions of immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor V domains are small regions that make contact with the antigen and differ extensively from one receptor to the ...

primary immune response

Biology; Immunology

The primary immune response is the adaptive immune response to an initial exposure to antigen. Primary immunization, also known as priming, generates both the primary immune ...

C-Src kinase (Csk)

Biology; Immunology

The protein known as Csk or C-terminal Src kinase is constitutively active in lymphocytes and has the function of phosphorylating the C-terminal tyrosine of Src-family tyrosine ...

self antigens

Biology; Immunology

Antigens in the body of an individual are by convention called self antigens. Lymphocytes are screened during their immature stages for reactivity with self antigens, and those ...

ISCOMs

Biology; Immunology

ISCOMs are immune stimulatory complexes of antigen held within a lipid matrix that acts as an adjuvant and enables the antigen to be taken up into the cytoplasm after fusion of ...

transmembrane activator and CAML-interactor (TACI)

Biology; Immunology

TACI is a member of the TNF-receptor family and is one of two major receptors for BLyS. It is found on B cells, dendritic cells, and T cells and is probably the important receptor ...

codominant

Biology; Immunology

The expression of a gene is said to be codominant when both alleles at one locus are expressed in roughly equal amounts in heterozygotes. Most genes show this property, including ...