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Cd8
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1. cd8, cluster of differentiation 8
a membrane glycoprotein that is found primarily on the surface of cytotoxic T cells
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Cd8
see synonyms of cd8n.
A glycoprotein that is found on the surface of certain T cells, especially cytotoxic T lymphocytes, and that functions to bind the T cell to molecules on the surface of the target cell that is to be killed.
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