By these arrangements, each of the two arms of the antibody includes one light chain and one heavy chain, with the variable regions at the tips of the Y arms defining antigen specificity.
To generate polyclonal antibodies, laboratory animals are injected with the antigen of interest and, in a few weeks (with luck), one obtains antibodies that recognize the antigen with high ...
Future Virology. 2013;8(11):1127-1134. Breast milk contains high concentration of secretory antibodies, mainly IgA, with a broad range of specificities reflecting both maternal immunologic memory ...