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When antibodies bind antigens the clumping of antigens result from?
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∙ 11y ago
There are four reactions when antibodies react with antigens:
agglutination, precipitation, neutralization or activation of complement.
Agglutination is the clumping process that you are looking for.
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∙ 11y agoThe multivalence of the antibody having at least two binding regions.
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Proteins in blood that bind to antigens?
Antibodies.
What happens to an antigen-antibody complex?
The antigen grows a memory cell instead of the Plasma cell and takes over the whole body and kills all of the antibodies.
List and describe 4 ways antibodies aid in immunity?
There are four types of antibodies that aid in immunity. The Lysins bind the antigens therefore causing them to disintegrate. The Agglutinins bind the antigens causing the micro-organisms to clump together. The Antitoxins bind the toxins therefore making them harmless to the body. The Opsonins bind the antigens on the outer surface.
When the antigens on erythrocytes bind with antibodies in the plasma?
Agglutination and eventual lysis of erythrocytes occurs.
Which are specific molecules that are recognized by the body as foreign and to which antibodies bind known as?
Those are known as antigens.
Which are specific molecules that are recognized by the body as foreign and to which antibodies bind known?
Those are known as antigens.
Process of immunity?
The process of immunity is to produce specific antibodies that bind to antigens on the surface of pathogens. =]
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'
True or False Immunofluorescence microscopy uses antibodies linked to fluorochromes to bind to and label antigens on cells?
true
How is blood type o a universal doner?
There are 4 blood types (A, AB, B, and O) excluding the pos or neg aspect, which are all based on the Antigens on the surface of the Red Blood Cells (RBCs). These antigens are what Antiboies detect and bind to and, because antibodies each bind two antigens, they join up all the cells making massive structures that cannot flow through the blood and cause clots. So for example the A antigen will be detected by the anti-A antibody and cause the clott to be forlmed. For this reason we do not have in our systems the antibodies capable of dececting our own antigens, so if you have A antigens (type A blood) you will have only anti-B antibodies and vice versa. If you have both A and B antigens (AB blood) you will have neither anti-A nor ant-B antibodies. If you have no antigens (type O blood) you will have both the anti-A and anti-B antibodies. Recieving donor blood which as antigens to which your own antibodies will be atracted will mean that the blood you receive is clotted up. For exampl is a type A (has anti-B antibodies) receives type B blood (has B antigens) then the antibodies will bind the donor cells. However if a type AB (no antibodies) receives any sort of donor blood it will accept it freely as there are no antibodies tobind any antigens. This is why AB type is known as the Universal Reciever, as it can receive blood from any blood type donor. So if a type O (with both antibodies) receives A type or B type or AB type donor blood then it has antibodies that will bind any of them causing a clot. However O type blood also has no antigens on it RBCs so no matter what antibodies are present the cells will not be bound. This means tha O type donor blood can be put into any resipient without feer the recipients antibodies will bind the cells, and thus O type blood is known as the Universal Donor.
How antigens are affected by antibodies?
They both are able to reproduce by earanal sex and also they are both able to fight of disease with swordskies, but unfortunately only antigens are found in fabrics such as carpets and bed spreads...
What basic principles of antibody-mediated immunity are utilized in an ELISA assay?
The basic principles are; antibodies will be produced in any signs of infection, or abnormality. Then these antibodies are desiged specifically to target, and bind to specfic antigens.
