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antigenic variation [‚an·tə¦jen·ik ‚ver·ē′ā·shən] (immunology) Alteration of an antigen on the surface of a microorganism; may enable a pathogenic mocroorganism to evade destruction by the host's immune system. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The fever peaks are associated with high spirochetemias, and antigenic variation leads to new antigenic variants of a major surface protein and the recurrence of high numbers of borreliae in the blood (7-10). Antigenic variation among newly isolated strains of parainfluenza type 4 virus. Locus VNTR 1982 is part of the Rv1753c (PPE24), which belongs to the group of genes encoding PPE proteins and which has been argued to be responsible for antigenic variation of M. |
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