Medical Definition of Fas antigen
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Cell surface transmembrane protein (35 kD) that mediates apoptosis.
Has structural homology with TNF receptor and NGF receptor. May play a part in negative selection of autoreactive T-cells in the thymus.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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