Antibodies

Esquema

Getty AAT: Materials (matter)

Jerarquía

<materials by composition> > organic material > protein

Descripción

Class of protective proteins, naturally present in the body or produced by the immune system, which target harmful foreign substances, called antigens, in order to remove them from the body.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300387554

Otros términos

  • antibody [en]
  • immunoglobulins [en]
  • immunoglobulin [en]