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Common card · Science
HLA-B, a Common card
HLA-B is a human gene that provides instructions for making a protein that plays a critical role in the immune system.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 103
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,400
Ranked #2,723 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
HLA-B quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the HLA-B card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
HLA-B is part of a family of genes called the human ______ antigen complex.
Answer
leukocyte. HLA-B is part of a family of genes called the human leukocyte antigen complex. From the HLA-B article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Voltage clamp. Voltage clamp 69 · HLA-B 63 · Haemophilia C 57 · Jowett Bradford 48 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Carl Wernicke. Carl Wernicke 13,000 · Voltage clamp 9,900 · HLA-B 6,400 · Jowett Bradford 4,600 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- HLA-B is part of a family of genes called the human leukocyte antigen complex.
- The HLA complex helps the immune system distinguish the body's own proteins from proteins made by foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria.
- HLA is the human version of the major histocompatibility complex, a gene family that occurs in many species.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The HLA-B article was read about 6,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get HLA-B
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, HLA-B (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Smith, K.J., Reid, S.W., Harlos, K., Mcmichael, A.J., Stuart, D.I., Bell, J.I., Jones, E.Y, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
