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Antigens are found in the immune system. They provoke an adaptive immune response.

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. They can be found anywhere in your environment. Some are found on the surface of red blood cells. This one reason why you can not receive just any blood type.

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What antigens and antibodies are found in each type?

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Does Type B blood have A antigens?

No, type B blood does not have A antigens. Type B blood has B antigens.


What are antigens determining blood type carried on?

Antigens, by definition, cause the body to produce antibodies which act against them. You inherit certain antigens which are on your red blood cells. Sometimes these antigens are absent from your RBC. If you are type B, you have B antigens. Type A has A antigens, AB has AB antigens and type O has no antigens. If you are type AB, you can receive AB blood from some one else.


What type of marker is on type b blood?

Type B blood has B antigens on the surface of its red blood cells. In addition to these B antigens, type B blood also contains A antibodies in the plasma, which can react against A antigens found in type A blood. This combination of antigens and antibodies is crucial for blood transfusions and compatibility.


What are The blood proteins A and B?

The blood proteins A and B are antigens found on the surface of red blood cells that determine blood type. Individuals with blood type A have A antigens, while individuals with blood type B have B antigens. Blood type AB individuals have both A and B antigens.


What molecule found on the surface of a cell is responsible for ABO blood type?

The ABO blood type is determined by specific glycoprotein molecules called antigens present on the surface of red blood cells. These antigens include A and B antigens, which are variations of the H antigen modified by specific enzymes. An individual's blood type (A, B, AB, or O) is based on the presence or absence of these antigens. For example, type A blood has A antigens, type B has B antigens, AB has both, and type O has neither.


What are the A B AB and O blood groups distinguished by?

The ABO blood group system classifies blood based on the presence or absence of certain antigens on the surface of red blood cells. Type A blood has A antigens, type B blood has B antigens, type AB blood has both A and B antigens, and type O blood has neither A nor B antigens.


Can doctors just give anybody blood they find in their supplies?

No. There are different types of antigens found on blood (A and B) which can only be accepted by people if they don't produce the antibody for it. If you're type A, you can only accept blood from people with type A or type O (O meaning no antigens). Type AB (has both A and B receptors) can accept from either A or B or O. Type O can only accept from type O. There are also other antigens found on blood besides from the ABO group.


What traits does the blood type A have different then blood type B?

blood type A has type A antigens. blood type B has type B antigens.


What are the two antigens that are responsible for human blood typing?

The two primary antigens responsible for human blood typing are A and B antigens, which are found on the surface of red blood cells. These antigens determine an individual's blood type in the ABO blood group system, which includes types A, B, AB, and O. The presence or absence of these antigens, along with the Rh factor (positive or negative), defines a person's complete blood type.


Could a type B child with a type A have a type A father?

No. The child would receive type a antigens from both of their parents and no type b antigens.


Substance that determines blood types is found in the membrane of red blood cells?

Antigens. Your blood type depends if you have A, B, AB, or none of those antigens (O). These antigens can also be positive or negative depending on whether you have the Rh antigen, or Rh factor.