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Specific Tertiary Shape Antibody Antigen Polypeptide Subunits Structures

Front Why is an antibody specific to an antigen?
Back - polypeptide subunits have specific tertiary structures
- giving the binding site a specific shape
- which is only complementary
- to the specific tertiary strucure and shape
- of the antigen
- causing an antibody-antigen complex to form

Tags: immunity

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