Phrases with «antigenic variation»

Antigenic variation refers to the ability of certain organisms, such as viruses or bacteria, to change or alter the proteins on their surface that the immune system recognizes as foreign. This variation helps those organisms evade detection by the immune system, making it challenging to develop effective vaccines or treatments. Full definition

antigenic variation

Sentences with «antigenic variation»

The obligately anaerobic bacterium Bacteroides fragilis, an opportunistic pathogen and inhabitant of the normal human colonic microbiota, exhibits considerable within - strain phase and antigenic variation of surface components. (sanger.ac.uk)
Katzelnick et al. used antibody - binding data to map structural divergence and antigenic variation among dengue viruses. (science.sciencemag.org)
That is, the tissue samples for the antigen panels had come from European Americans and only scratched the surface of human antigenic variation. (discovermagazine.com)
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Phrases with «antigenic variation»

Sentences with «antigenic variation»

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