n, often attrib  :  a glycoprotein found esp. on the surface of killer T cells that usu. functions to facilitate recognition by killer T cell receptors of antigens complexed with molecules of a class that are found on the surface of most nucleated cells and are the product of genes of the major histocompatibility complex .
 
 
 
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