Biology GCSE
Antibody production
What Antibody production means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Antibody production
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Lymphocytes produce antibodies that bind to antigens on a specific pathogen, which can clump pathogens together, neutralise them or help other white blood cells destroy them.
Topics that use Antibody production
- Human defence systems (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Antigens and antibodies
- Immunity and vaccination
- Non-specific defences
- Pathogen
- phagocytosis
- Skin
- Specific defence
- Specific immune response
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