Complement proteins and antibodies coat a microorganism and provide binding sites, enabling macrophages and neutrophils to phago

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Complement proteins and antibodies coat a microorganism and provide binding sites, enabling macrophages and neutrophils to phago

cytize the organism. This phenomenon is termed ________. Complement proteins and antibodies coat a microorganism and provide binding sites, enabling macrophages and neutrophils to phagocytize the organism. This phenomenon is termed ________. agglutination diapedesis opsonization chemotaxis Request Answer

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Lera25 [3.4K] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-14T07:50:35+03:00

Opsonization.

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Complement proteins and antibodies coat a microorganism and provide binding sites, enabling macrophages and neutrophils to phagocytize the organism. This phenomenon is termed opsonization.

Opsonization occurs as a result of binding of a molecule called opsonin to the epitope of a pathogen.

Opsonization helps the immune system to select and kill the infected cells instead of targeting all the cells in general.