TYPE B

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does type B mean? 

• TYPE B (noun)
  The noun TYPE B has 1 sense:

1. the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen

  Familiarity information: TYPE B used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYPE B (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

B; group B; type B

Hypernyms ("type B" is a kind of...):

blood group; blood type (human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens)

 Context examples 

One common type, Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b), causes serious disease.

(Haemophilus Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Histone acetyltransferase type B catalytic subunit (419 aa, ~50 kDa) is encoded by the human HAT1 gene.

(Histone Acetyltransferase Type B Catalytic Subunit, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is catalase and indole negative, contains type B murein in its cell wall, is nonsporulating and hydrolyzes esculin.

(Holdemania filiformis, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes gamma-aminobutyric acid type B receptor subunit 2 protein, is involved in gamma-aminobutyric acid-mediated signaling.

(GABBR2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Gamma-aminobutyric acid type B receptor subunit 2 (941 aa, ~106 kDa) is encoded by the human GABBR2 gene.

(Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Type B Receptor Subunit 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Defects in ERCC6 are the cause of Cockayne's syndrome type B.

(ERCC6 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes gastrin/cholecystokinin type B receptor protein, plays a role in modulating the regulatory peptides of the brain and gastrointestinal tract.

(CCKBR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Pargyline selectively inhibits MAO type B, an enzyme catalyzing the oxidative deamination and inactivation of certain catecholamines, such as norepinephrine and dopamine, within the presynaptic nerve terminals.

(Pargyline, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of single-stranded, reverse-transcribing RNA retroviruses with type B or type C morphology.

(Betaretrovirus, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes histone acetyltransferase type B catalytic subunit protein, plays a role in the acetylation of the soluble forms of histones H4 and H2A within the cytoplasm.

(HAT1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)