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Any process by which an organism avoids the immune response of a second organism, where the two organisms are in a symbiotic interaction. Any process involved in the biological strategy of changing antigenic determinants on the surface that are exposed to another organism's immune system. Any process by which an organism avoids the immune response of a second organism without directly interfering with the second organism's immune system, where the two organisms are in a symbiotic interaction.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: antigenic variation
Acc: GO:0020033
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: Any process involved in the biological strategy of changing antigenic determinants on the surface that are exposed to another organism's immune system.
Synonyms:
  • GO:0020034
  • surface antigen variation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 15 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 15 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0020033 - antigenic variation (interactive image map)
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