IgM antibodies are produced first in a humoral immune response and tend to be of low affinity.

IgM molecules form pentamers that are stabilized by a single J-chain molecule.

This higher avidity of the pentamer compensates for the low affinity

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

All the amino acids except methionine and tryptophan have more than one codon.

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Follicle-stimulating hormone, secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, stimulates the Sertoli cells; stimulates, the process of spermiogenesis

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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

The synthesis and secretion of steroid hormones by the adrenal cortex depend on the stimulation of cholesterol desmolase by ACTH.

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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling

The inhaled bacilli are ingested by alveolar macrophages in the lung and inhibiting formation of phagolysosomes

CD4+ T cells are activated within 2 to 6 weeks after infection.

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

B-type lamins - expressed in essentially all cells (primordial lamin proteins)

lamins A and C - developmentally regulated