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An antibody (Ab) is the secreted form of a B cell receptor; the term immunoglobulin can refer to either the membrane-bound form or the secreted form of the B cell receptor, but they are, broadly speaking, the same protein, and so the terms are often treated as synonymous. Antibodies are large, Y-shaped proteins belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily which are used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as bacteria and viruses, including those that cause disease. Antibodies can recognize virtually any size antigen with diverse chemical compositions from molecules. Each antibody recognizes one or more specific antigens. This term literally means "antibody generator", as it is the presence of an antigen that drives the formation of an antigen-specific antibody. Each tip of the "Y" of an antibody contains a paratope that specifically binds to one particular epitope on an antigen, allowing the two molecules to bind together with precision. Using this mechanism, antibodies can effectively "tag" a microbe or an infected cell for attack by other parts of the immune system, or can neutralize it directly.   Wikipedia

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baygam | bivigam | flebogamma | gamimune n 10% | gamimune n 5% | gammagard | gammagee | gammar | gammar-p i.v. | gamulin | gamunex | globulin, immune | globulin, immune human serum | human igg | human immunoglobulin g | human normal immunoglobulin | human normal immunoglobulin (ivig) | human normal immunoglobulin (scig) | (−)-huperazine a | huperzine | huperzine a | i10e | immu-g | immuglobin | immune globulin | immune globulin human | immune globulin (human) | immune globulin intravenous | immune globulin intravenous (human) | immune globulin subcutaneous | immunoglobulin g (human) | immunoglobulin g, human | intravenous immunoglobulin | ivig | l-huperzine a | octagam | ri-002 | sandoglobulin | selagine | (−)-selagine | tegeline | venoglobulin-i | venoglobulin-s

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