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IB Syllabus: Explain antibody production Rashmeen, Dan, Ashild Antigen – foreign body in the blood f.e. foreign proteins, pathogenic bacteria, and viruses Antibody – a globular protein that recognizes an antigen and attaches to its surface, forming an antibody-antigen complex When an antigen is in the blood, a lymphocyte with the correct antibody will attach to it and then respond by dividing to form a clone The clone produces thousands of antibodies and secretes them to fight against the antigen. Phagocytes (white blood cells) depend on antibodies to recognize antigens When a phagocyte detects an antibodyantigen complex it ingests the whole complex by the process of phagoctytosis Boulton, Tim. "Explain Antibody Production." IB Biology Syllabus. Wiki Wetpaints, 27 Jan. 2009. Web. 20 Sept. 2011. <http://ibbiology.wetpaint.com/page/Explai n+antibody+production>.
