Learning Objectives for "The Adaptive Immune System: Antibodies - Generation of Antibody Diversity"

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1. Define gene translocation and relate it to each B-lymphocyte being able to produce an antibody with a unique shaped Fab.

2. Define the following:

a. combinatorial diversity

b. junctional diversity

c. affinity maturation

 

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Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.