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1 This question is based on the Advance Notice Article âDevelopment of therapeutic antibodies
for the treatment of diseaseâ.
 (a) (i) State what is meant by the term antigen.
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 (ii) Scientists can combine antibody fragments using phage display to produce many
different antibodies, each specific to a different antigen.
 Using the abbreviations from Fig. 1 in the Advance Notice Article, explain how
combining antibody fragments allows scientists to produce many different antibodies,
each specific to a different antigen.
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 (iii) The B cell receptor is an IgG molecule with the same structure as the human IgG
shown in Fig. 1 in the Advance Notice Article.
 Use an abbreviation from Fig. 1 to identify the part of the B cell receptor that will be
attached to the cell surface membrane of a B cell.
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Author | OCR KING |
Published | 30 Jul 2024 |
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