Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• Outline the structure of a typical antibody molecule
• Discuss the different ways in which antigens can bind to antibodies
• Explain the process of determining the specificity for an antigen
• Summarize the rearrangement process of the primary immunoglobulin gene
• Discuss the enzymatic steps involved in V-region rearrangement of gene segments
• Define the concept of 'somatic hypermutation'
• Describe the gene rearrangement process of the T-cell receptor