- antigenic
- adjective see antigen
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
antigenic
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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 — antigeninė medžiaga statusas Aprobuotas sritis augalų apsauga apibrėžtis Medžiaga, kuri dėl sąlyčio su tam tikromis ląstelėmis, pasibaigus inkubaciniam (trunkančiam nuo kelių dienų iki kelių savaičių) laikotarpiui, sukelia jų jautrumą ir (arba)… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
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
