antigenic — ANTIGÉNIC, Ă, antigenici, ce, adj. De antigen. – Din fr. antigénique. Trimis de tavilis, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 antigénic adj. m., pl. antigénici; f. sg. antigénică, pl. antigénice … Dicționar Român
antigenic — antigen ► NOUN ▪ a harmful substance which causes the body to produce antibodies. DERIVATIVES antigenic adjective … English terms dictionary
Antigenic drift — Antigenic driftcite journal author=D. J. D. Earn, J. Dushoff, S. A. Levin journal=Trends in Ecology and Evolution title=Ecology and Evolution of the Flu date=2002 volume=17 pages=334 340] [cite book author=A. W. Hampson chapter=Influenza virus… … Wikipedia
Antigenic variation — is the process by which an infectious organism alters its surface proteins in order to evade a host immune response. This change in antigenic profile may occur as the pathogen passes through a host population (also called antigenic diversity ) or … Wikipedia
Antigenic escape — occurs when the immune system is unable to respond to an infectious agent. Antigenic escape is the end result of Antigenic variation.One cause of Antigenic escape is that a pathogen s epitopes (the binding sites for immune cells) become too… … Wikipedia
antigenic determinant — n EPITOPE * * * a site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which a single antibody molecule binds; generally an antigen has several or many different antigenic determinants and reacts with antibodies of many different specificities. Called… … Medical dictionary
antigenic variation — noun (immunology) The development of new antigenic determinants by many viruses, bacteria and protozoa through genetic mutation and selection • • • Main Entry: ↑antigen … Useful english dictionary
antigenic drift — antigenic drift. См. антигенный дрейф. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Antigenic shift — Not to be confused with antigenic drift or genetic drift. NIAID illustration of potential influenza antigenic shift Antigenic shift is the process by which two or more different strains of a virus, or strains of two or more different viruses … Wikipedia
antigenic shift — A major change in the antigenic character of an organism that alters it to an antigenic strain unrecognized by host immune mechanisms … Dictionary of microbiology
