Biology A-Level
Antibody function in immune defence
What Antibody function in immune defence means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Antibody function in immune defence
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Binding to antigen to neutralise pathogens or toxins, marking them for destruction, and forming antigen–antibody complexes destroyed by phagocytosis.
Topics that use Antibody function in immune defence
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