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Surface Antigen Switching

Surface Antigen Switching is a genetic mechanism in pathogens that systematically alters the expression of surface antigens to evade host immune responses through sequential activation of variant antigen genes.

55

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3.1K

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203

Authors

83

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2017–2026

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Publications

55

The role of VlsE antigenic variation in the Lyme disease spirochete: persistence through a mechanism that differs from other pathogens

Troy Bankhead, George Chaconas · Molecular Microbiology · 2007 · 184 citations

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A Histone Methyltransferase Modulates Antigenic Variation in African Trypanosomes

Luísa M. Figueiredo, Christian J. Janzen, George Cross · PLoS Biology · 2008 · 183 citations · Full text

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Phenotypic Switching in Mycoplasmas: Phase Variation of Diverse Surface Lipoproteins

Renate Rosengarten, Kim S. Wise · Science · 1990 · 170 citations

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Antigenic diversity is generated by distinct evolutionary mechanisms in African trypanosome species

Andrew P. Jackson, Andrew Berry, Martin Aslett et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 157 citations · Full text

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Genome-wide expression profiling of in vivo- derived bloodstream parasite stages and dynamic analysis of mRNA alterations during synchronous differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei

Sarah Kabani, Katelyn Fenn, Alan Ross et al. · BMC Genomics · 2009 · 127 citations · Full text

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Authors

203

  1. RR
    Renate Rosengarten

    University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria

    6 publications · 450 citations

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  2. BL
    Bibo Li

    Cleveland State University, United States

    6 publications · 225 citations

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  3. RS
    Ranjodh Sandhu

    Cleveland State University, United States

    5 publications · 186 citations

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  4. SE
    Sanaa E. Jehi

    Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, United States

    3 publications · 163 citations

    3

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  5. DY
    David Yogev

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    3 publications · 221 citations

    3

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Institutions

83

  1. Cleveland State University

    Cleveland, United States

    6 h-index

    27 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    214 citations

  3. Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

    Cleveland, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    214 citations

  4. Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Rockefeller University

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    561 citations

  7. University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    371 citations

  8. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    746 citations

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Venues

  1. Infection and Immunity

    IAI · 6 publications · 289 citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 6 publications · 391 citations

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  3. FEMS Microbiology Letters

    4 publications · 165 citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 138 citations

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  5. Blood

    3 publications · 265 citations

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