MBB 463 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Protein Structure, Rh Disease, Antigen
22 Jul 2020
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Liquid of circulatory system: carries o2 to organs and tissues, ~ 7% of bodyweight, 4. 7-5. 5l. Composition: not just the red part , 3 main parts, platelets for clotting, leucocytes white blood cells (defense, erythrocytes red blood cells (carries o2, but also contains plasma, water, ions, proteins, nutrients, wastes, gasses. Analysis: contains clues about health status, abnormal levels of protein can tell you hints about the health of the person, good sample of dna. In forenscics: tells us who (victim usually, splatters can tell us a bit of a timeline, in what order things occurred, contains antibodies (blood typing system) If that sequence has the potential to be seen" (on the outside edge of a tertiary protein structure) there will be an immune response. 3 complementarity-determining regions (cdrs) each for each antigen receptor: agglutination occurs when antigens and antibodies interact, cells in the blood clump together.
