Antigenic

no, you are correct. The coat changes by antigenic drift, just like the HIV virus for example. And no, the change has no bearing on how fast the immune system will make antibodies for the new coat. In immunology, we refer to this as primary antibody ...

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... used to work with GST fusion protein for a while(expression, purification and also mice immunization using the fusion protein - my protein has the antigenic characteristic), it seems that SDS-PAGE cannot tell the difference in the structure with and without GST. Although we attained good result ...

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id·i·o·type(d--tp) n. A set of one or more antigenic determinants specific to the variable region of an immunoglobulin molecule. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. ...

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... while B (bone marrow) cells continue their differentiation in the bone marrow. In the thymus, lymphocytes acquire, by hormonal action, specific antigenic – receptors, which will permit them to recognize antigens later. B cells acquire receptors in the bone marrow. After lymphocytes acquire ...

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... has approximately 1,000 different VSG genes, but only expresses one at a time while the others are somehow silenced. This genetic trick, called antigenic variation, has severely limited sleeping sickness treatment options and essentially ruled out the possibility of a vaccine. MBL trypanosome ...

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