The Part of the Antigen That Is Recognized by the Antibody

question 46

Multiple Choice

The part of the antigen that is recognized by the antibody is called

• A) the variable region.
• B) the hypervariable region.
• C) the constant region.
• D) an epitope.
• E) the immunoglobulin fold.

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