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ANTIBODIES
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ANTIBODIES
Designed to seek and destroy antigen
- Glycoproteins secreted by plasma cells
IMMUNOGLOBULINS
Each immunoglobulin (IgG)
- Is made of 4 polypeptide chains
- "2 long, 2 short in a 'fork like' shape
- 5 Classes to be recognised
- IgA, IgD, IgE, IgM, IgD
- 5 Classes to be recognised
- "2 long, 2 short in a 'fork like' shape
- Is made of 4 polypeptide chains
MODES OF ACTION
- AGGLUTINATION-clumps pathogens together
- ANTITOXINS-neutralise bacterial toxins
- LYSIS-digest cell membrane
- OPSONISATION- coats the pathogen in a protein identifying it as foreign
- LYSIS-digest cell membrane
- ANTITOXINS-neutralise bacterial toxins
- AGGLUTINATION-clumps pathogens together
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- Bio Med and Pathology Mind Map on ANTIBODIES, created by aahughes on 12/04/2013.
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