What is the role of Histocompatibility complex?
When disease associated proteins occur in a cell they are broken into pieces by the cells proteolytic machinery. Cell proteins become attached to antigen fragments and transport them to the surface of the cell, where they are "presented" to the bodies defence mechanisms. These transport molecules are called the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) proteins. Without these, there would be no
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