Antibodies are made against a very small portion of an antigen called an epitope.An epitope is often just 5-6 amino acids from a protein on an antigen.Which of the following explains how antibodies could be produced against just a small part of an antigen?
A) T helper cells secrete enzymes that digest the pathogen.
B) B cells produce antibodies that bind directly to a single epitope on the antigen.
C) Cytotoxic T cells poke holes in the antigen.
D) Complement protein pokes holes in the antigen.
E) Macrophages engulf and digest the pathogen.
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