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The slide covers comprehensive content on <p>&bull;<strong>Learning objectives</strong></p> <p>&bull;Definitions</p> <p>&bull;Structure (immunoglobulin classes (IgA,IgG,IgM,IgD,IgE)</p> <p>&bull;Interaction with Antigens (Fabs,Fc regions)</p> <p>&bull;Functions</p> <p><strong>Antibodies</strong></p> <p>Proteins<strong> that recognize and bind to a particular antigen with very high </strong><strong><em>specificity</em></strong><strong>.</strong></p> <p>Made<strong> in response to exposure to the antigen.</strong></p> <p>One<strong> virus or microbe may have several </strong><strong><em>antigenic determinant sites</em></strong><strong>, to which different antibodies may bind.</strong></p> <p>Each<strong> antibody has at least two identical sites that bind antigen:&nbsp; </strong><strong><em>Antigen binding sites</em></strong><strong>.</strong></p> <p>Valence<strong> of an antibody:&nbsp; Number of antigen binding sites.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most are bivalent.</strong></p> <p>elong<strong> to a group of serum proteins called immunoglobulins (</strong><strong>Igs</strong><strong>).</strong></p> . You can play the slide in our in-built slide player or download for offline reading.