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A serum containing antibodies against particular antigen is called as?
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What is neutralizing antigen?
Its the antigen in a particular foreign body or pathogen that the body recognizes as "allo" or unfamiliar.. Maybe even harmful. So antibodies are produced against these antigens. And since they are 'neutralizing antibodies' it follows that the antigens they bind to are 'neutralizing antigens'
What is a protein thatacts against a specific antigen?
Antibody.
How are antibodies form?
Antibodies are formed as the defence against antigen or pathogen which is consider as a foreign particle by body against whcih body immune system acts. Antibodies are formed my activated B cells called plasma cell and are made of glycoproteins
What is the third step in a direct ELISA test?
antibodies against the antigen
What does an antigen do?
An antigen is a foreign body. It is used as a "template" to begin an appropriate immune response.
What is a substance usually a protein that causes the formation of an antibody and reacts specifically with that antibody?
An antigen is any substance that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against it. An antigen may be a foreign substance from the environment. If you get a vaccine for rubella, the antibody formed will not act against mumps (another virus).
Antibodies are primarily effective against rather than?
effective against soluble antigens than the insoluble antigen
What is positive immunity?
If a person's immune system is producing antibodies against a specific antigen, then that person has a positive or active immunity toward that antigen. If a person has merely been injected with antibodies but does not produce them, that is a passive immunity.
When an antigen enters antibodies are produced but when a spermforeign particleenters a female why antibodies are not produced?
yours logic is right but here the sperms are not at all considered as antigens see friend whats the meaning for antigen? a foreign paticle which able to generate antibodies is nothing but antigen. here sperm doesn,t involves in antigen-antibody complex because of the lack of antibodys.
Which of the following initiates an attack against a specific antigen or pathogen?
Plasma Cell initiate attacks against specific antigens. Plasma cells are B cells bearing specific antibodies for binding to a specific antigen.
What substance causes antibodies to be released?
Any particle which is consider as a foreign or allian organism by the body are known as antigen and the proteins whcih are formed against them are called antibodies
An antigen is a substance that produces?
antibodies
