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Noun Concept
Categories: Antigens, Immune system
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antigenic variation  antigenic alteration  GO:0020033  variable surface antigen
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Antigenic variation or antigenic alteration refers to the mechanism by which an infectious agent such as a protozoan, bacterium or virus alters the proteins or carbohydrates on its surface and thus avoids a host immune response, making it one of the mechanisms of antigenic escape. Wikipedia
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Antigenic variation or antigenic alteration refers to the mechanism by which an infectious agent such as a protozoan, bacterium or virus alters the proteins or carbohydrates on its surface and thus avoids a host immune response, making it one of the mechanisms of antigenic escape. Wikipedia
processes involved in the biological strategy of changing antigenic determinants on the surface that are exposed to another organism's immune system Wikidata
The mechanism by which an infectious organism changes its surface proteins in favor of circumventing a host immune response. Wiktionary
IS A
organic process
antigenic escape
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antigen
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antigenic alteration, variable surface antigen
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antigenic variation, Antigenic variation, GO:0020033

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