T antigen

T antigen
T antigen 'tē- n any of several proteins that are produced by some tumorigenic DNA viruses (as simian virus 40) when they infect cells and that function in the transformation of normal cells into tumor cells or into tumor-forming cells and in the unwinding and replication of the DNA of the virus

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1. any of several antigens, coded for by the viral genome, associated with transformation of infected cells by certain DNA tumor viruses, such as SV 40. Called also tumor a. 2. an antigen present on human erythrocytes that is exposed by treatment with neuraminidase or contact with certain bacteria. See T agglutinin under agglutinin. 3. see CD a.

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