Biology A-Level
plasma cells
What plasma cells means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Short-lived antibody factories, surviving only a few days, but each secreting thousands of antibody molecules per second to clear the current infection.
Most of the clone differentiate into these, which secrete identical monoclonal antibodies into the blood.
Cells derived from B lymphocytes that secrete antibody.
Topics that use plasma cells
- Cell recognition and the immune system (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- active immunity
- agglutination
- animal use in production and testing
- antibody
- antigen
- antigen-antibody complex
- antigen-presenting cell
- antigens in vaccines
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