Immunology - Molecular Cell Biology

Course

Cell Biology

Study Pack

Set 1: Chemical Foundations

Set 2: Molecular Genetic Techniques

Set 3: Protein Structure and Function

Set 4: Culturing and Visualizing Cells

Set 5: Fundamental Molecular Genetic Mechanisms

Set 6: Bio-membrane Structure

Set 7: Genes Genomics and Chromosomes

Set 8: Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression

Set 9: Post-Transcriptional Gene Control

Set 10: Transmembrane Transport of Ions and Small Molecules

Set 11: Cellular Energetics

Set 12: Moving Proteins Into Membranes and Organelles

Set 13: Vesicular Traffic, Secretion, and Endocytosis

Set 14: Signal Transduction and G-Protein Coupled Receptors

Set 15: Signaling Pathways That Control Gene Activity

Set 16: Cell Organization and Movement I: Microfilaments

Set 17: Cell Organization and Movement II: Microtubules and Intermediate Filaments

Set 18: Regulating the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle

Set 19: Integrating Cells Into Tissues

Set 30: Cell Birth, Lineage, and Death

Set 21: Nerve Cells

Set 22: Immunology

Set 23: Cancer

Set 23 Immunology

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Set 23 Immunology

Question 1

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Explain why only one in three attempts at somatic recombination results in a productive VJ or VDJ combination.

Answer

The final steps in somatic recombination...

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Question 2

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Describe how the heavy chains and light chains are arranged in IgA or IgG antibody molecules.

Answer

IgA and IgG immunoglobulins are each com...

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Question 3

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During B-cell development,antibody production switches from membrane-bound IgM to secreted antibody production.How does this switch occur?

Answer

Somatic recombination of the immunoglobu...

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