Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 7CT
Summary Introduction

To explain:

Why does the body make five different classes of immunoglobulins?

Introduction:

Immunoglobulins are glycoprotein molecules which are present in a Y shaped structure. They bind to the antigenic foreign epitopes and inhibit the spread of infection inside the human body. They are composed of one heavy chain and one light chain with variable and constant regions in the polypeptide protein.

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