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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>.