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Medical Definition of I region
1. 1. The inducible gene region of the genome of E. Coli involved in the lactose operon. 2. Region of the murine genome coding for products involved in many aspects of the immune response (from Immune Region). most of the products are Class II histocompatibility antigens. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)