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The previous two chapters have dealt with the hypothesis that in gene-for-gene systems there are complementary surfaces on the proteins of the host and of the pathogen, and that, given the necessary hydrophobicity, these surfaces associate for the proteins to copolymerize. The present chapter deals with common (shared) antigenic surfaces in host and pathogen, that is, with surfaces which are similar or identical. On the face of it, there is a sharp contradiction here. Similar surfaces, as distinct from complementary surfaces, do not associate; and common antigens in host and pathogen would, if commonness as such is stressed, clash with the hypothesis of copolymerization.
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Vanderplank, J.E. (1978). Common Antigenic Surfaces in Host and Pathogen. In: Genetic and Molecular Basis of Plant Pathogenesis. Advanced Series in Agricultural Sciences, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66965-1_4
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