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MHC major histocompatibility complex.
MHC, abbreviation for major histocompatibility complex. See HLA complex. MHC major histocompatibility complex. MHC Major histocompatibility complex A small region of the genome that is highly conserved in vertebrate evolution, which encodes 3 classes of polymorphic molecules known as the immune recognition unit; the MHC is located on the short arm of
chromosome 6 in humans; the products of the MHC gene complex are membrane-bound receptors for antigens and peptides which, when bound, are displayed to T cells; if the bound peptides are recognized by the T cells, an immune response against those
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