Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Transport: The mechanism used by antibodies to destroy antigens

Agglutination                                                              Neutralisation

Antibodies clump pathogens together                       Antibodies neutralizes the toxin of

Easier for phagocytes to capture & destroy               bact by binding to a toxin molecule.

                                                                                   Prevent the toxin attach to a cell.



Opsonisation                                                                    Lysis

Opsonins bind to antigens to act as marker.              Lysins bind to the antigen cause

Antigen can be easily recognized & destroyed          antigen to rupture.

by phagocytes.

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