Biology A-Level
Opsonisation
What Opsonisation means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Opsonisation
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Reference: OCR
Antibodies or complement proteins bind to the surface of a pathogen, marking it so phagocytes can recognise and engulf it more readily.
Topics that use Opsonisation
Related terms
- active immunity
- Active immunity and memory cells
- agglutination
- Animal and recombinant sources
- Animal communicable diseases
- Antibody concentration
- Antibody function in immune defence
- Antibody specificity
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