Antigenic variation: How pathogens control changes in their cell surface to evade the immune system

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Mar 13, 2025, 9:25 am41 pts
The immune system responds to an infection by producing antibodies that recognize and bind to the cell surface of the pathogen, thus marking it as an intruder and triggering an immune response. For this to work, the antibodies produced must exactly fit the membrane molecules of the pathogen, like a key fitting…

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Antigenic variation: How pathogens control changes in their cell surface to evade the immune system

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