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The y- shaped protein that is produced by plasma cells upon exposure to a specific antigen and can bind to that antigen is called a?
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antibody
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What is the protein made in a response to a specific antigen called?
An antigen is a protein made in response to a specific antigen.
What is the medical term meaning a specific protein evoked by an antigen?
An antibody is a specific protein evoked by an antigen.
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Noun A blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen
What is a disease- fighting protein created by the immune system in response to the presence of specific antigen?
Antibody - produced by B lymphocytes.
What is a disease-fighting protein created by the immune system in response to the presence of a specific antigen?
Antibody - produced by B lymphocytes.
What is a protein thatacts against a specific antigen?
Antibody.
Are anitgens proteins?
Yes. An antigen is a substance that stimulates an animal in order to produce an antibody reaction to counteract the substance by a specific binding antibody-antigen. Most of the times this antigen is a molecule of protein.
What function of this protein is to bind to a specific antigen preventing it from attacking host cells?
Antibody.
What is formed in the blood to fight invading antigens?
Antibody is a protein made in response to a specific antigen. The antibody attaches to the antigen and makes it useless.
A screening test to detect prostate cancer that measures protein levels is called?
The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is a blood screen for prostate cancer.
What is a specific term for a bacterial or other foreign protein that initiates antibody production by the body?
antigen
A protein produced by the body to combat foreign particles?
Antibody
