An immunodominant conserved region within the variable domain of VlsE, the variable surface antigen of Borrelia burgdorferi.

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Antigenic variation is an effective strategy evolved by pathogenic microbes to avoid immune destruction. Variable Ags such as the variable major protein of Borrelia hermsii, the variant surface glycoprotein of African trypanosomes, and the pilin of Neisseria gonorrhoeae include an immunodominant variable domain and one or more invariable domains that are not antigenic. Short, nonantigenic, invariable regions also...

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