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Glycoproteins found in body fluids, which recognize and initiate removal of foreign substances in the body (antigens)
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Antibodies
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Foreign substances or materials that do not belong in the body and carry disease
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Antigens
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The part of the immoglobulin molecule that binds antigen specifically
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Antigen Binding Site
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Portion of the amino acid sequence of an antibody is heavy or light chains that determine the class of the antibody and does not vary with class
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Antibody Constant Region
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Portion of amino acid terminal of an immunoglobulin's heavy and light chains having a variable amino acid sequence
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Antibody Variable Region
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Lymphocytes which produce antibodies when triggered by the immune system
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B-Cells
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Specific region of antigen surface capable of eliciting an immune response and of combining with a specific antibody to counter that response
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Epitope
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Polypeptide chain with two of each on each antibody, located inside space between light chains and help attach to antigens
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Heavy Chain
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Proteins present in immune system that function as antibodies
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Immunoglobulin
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Related antibodies but with variations in heavy chains
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Isotype
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Polypeptide chain with two of each on each antibody, located outside heavy chains and help attach to antigens
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Light Chain
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Forming a clone derived asexually from single cell
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Monoclonal
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Descending from more than one group of cells, especially of different genetic origins
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Polyclonal
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A fully differentiated B-cell that produces a single type of antibody
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Plasma Cell
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