Pearson eText Bauman Microbiology with Diseases by Body Systems -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
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ISBN: 9780135891018
Author: ROBERT BAUMAN
Publisher: PEARSON+
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Chapter 15, Problem 3MC
The complement system involves _________.
- a. the production of antigens and antibodies
- b. serum proteins involved in nonspecific defense
- c. a set of genes that distinguish foreign cells from body cells
- d. the elimination of undigested remnants of microorganisms
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All of the following are true of some or all complement proteins except _____.
a. they are soluble and bind to pathogen surfaces
b. they participate only in innate immunity
c. they are present in extracellular fluids, blood, and lymph
d. they facilitate the phagocytosis of pathogens
e. they are made as zymogens.
A(n) _____ is an inactive form of an enzyme that frequently participates in a cascade of enzymatic reactions during complement activation.
a. regulator of complement activation
b. convertase
c. complement control protein module
d. zymogen
e. opsonin.
The primary role of complement control proteins that operate in the early stages of complement activation is to _____.
a. regulate the expression of complement proteins
b. ensure that the components of the membrane-attack complex assemble in the correct sequence
c. facilitate the secretion of complement proteins to extracellular locations
d. stabilize complement proteins, thus extending their half-lives in serum
e. ensure that C3b is deposited on appropriate surfaces.
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Pearson eText Bauman Microbiology with Diseases by Body Systems -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
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