Describe the steps of the humoral immune response Describe the common overall st

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Describe the steps of the humoral immune response

Describe the common overall structure of B cell receptors (antibodies, immunoglobulins)

Explain how DNA rearrangement can lead to the incredible diversity of antibodies. Use the terms supergene, protein domain, DNA deletion, alternative RNA splicing

Describe clonal selection, both natural and therapeutical

Describe two ways antibodies in the effector phase act to combat antigens.

Apply the above: How is the humoral response involved in fighting rhinoviruses?

Explain how immunological memory works and what happens when a person encounters a pathogen for the second time.

Putting it all together: Describe what happens when a person encounters HIV and what happens over the course of the infection. What is different in a normal infection with rhinovirus?

Explanation / Answer

The immune system can recognize and defend against a great number and diversity of invading organisms. Indeed, the immune system is capable of recognizing millions of molecular features, and when working properly differentiates between foreign invaders, which are to be neutralized, and parts of the body, which should not be attacked.

Antibodies are found on the surface of B cells (short for B-lymphocytes

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