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antigenic gain 56 antigenic peptide<br />

Drift<br />

Shift<br />

Conformational Determinant<br />

Linear Determinant<br />

Neoantigenic Determinant<br />

N<br />

Antigenic drift and shift.<br />

Accessible<br />

determinant<br />

C<br />

Denaturation<br />

Denaturation<br />

Inaccessible<br />

determinant<br />

Proteolysis<br />

Denaturation<br />

N<br />

C<br />

N<br />

Antigenic determinant.<br />

N<br />

C<br />

Determinant Lost<br />

N<br />

C<br />

N<br />

C<br />

especially in influenza A subtypes that are made up of H1,<br />

H2, and H3 hemagglutinins and N1 and N2 neuraminidases.<br />

Antigenic shifts follow point mutations of DNA<br />

encoding these hemagglutinins and neuraminidases.<br />

antigenic gain<br />

Nondistinctive normal tissue components that are added or<br />

increased without simultaneous deletion of other normal<br />

tissue constituents.<br />

antigenic modulation<br />

The loss of epitopes or antigenic determinants from a<br />

cell surface following combination with an antibody. The<br />

antibodies cause the epitope to disappear or become camouflaged<br />

by covering it.<br />

antigenic mosaicism<br />

Antigenic variation first discovered in pathogenic Neisseria.<br />

It is the result of genetic transformation between gonococcal<br />

strains. It is also observed in penicillin resistance of several<br />

bacterial species when the resistant organism contains<br />

DNA from a host commensal organism.<br />

antigenic peptide<br />

A peptide that is able to induce an immune response and<br />

one that complexes with major histocompatibility complex<br />

(MHC), thereby permitting its recognition by a T cell receptor.<br />

C<br />

Ig binds to<br />

determinant in<br />

native and<br />

denatured protein<br />

Ig binds to<br />

determinant in<br />

denatured protein<br />

only<br />

New determinant

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