An antibody that counteracts a toxin
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antitoxinsAn antibody that counteracts a toxin
antitoxinAn antibody that counteracts a toxin
diphtheriaAn acute, highly contagious bacterial disease causing inflammation of the mucous membranes, formation of a false membrane in the throat that hinders breathing and swallowing, and potentially fatal heart and nerve damage by a bacterial toxin in the blood. It is now rare in developed countries because of immunization
precipitinantibody that reacts with an antigen to cause a precipitate
precipitinsPRECIPITIN, antibody that reacts with an antigen to cause a precipitate
ligandsmolecule, as an antibody, hormone, or drug, that binds to a receptor
ligandmolecule, as an antibody, hormone, or drug, that binds to a receptor
allotypesan alloantigen that is part of a plasma protein (as an antibody)
precipitinAn antibody that produces a visible precipitate when it reacts with its antigen
precipitinsAn antibody that produces a visible precipitate when it reacts with its antigen
haptena small separable part of an antigen that reacts specifically with an antibody but is incapable of stimulating antibody production except in combination with a carrier protein molecule
haptenica small separable part of an antigen that reacts specifically with an antibody but is incapable of stimulating antibody production except in combination with a carrier protein molecule
lectinany of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing
antigensany substance (as an immunogen or a hapten) foreign to the body that evokes an immune response either alone or after forming a complex with a larger molecule (as a protein) and that is capable of binding with a product (as an antibody or T cell) of the immune response