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VetBooks.ir BCG See Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine.

Bence Jones protein Immunoglobulin light chains found in the
urine of patients with myelomas. They precipitate out of

solution when the urine is warmed and redissolve at higher
temperatures.

Benign tumor A tumor that does not spread from its site of origin.

Blast cells Actively dividing cells with large amounts of cytoplasm.

Blastogenesis The stimulation of cell division.

Blocking antibody A noncytotoxic, non–complement-activating
antibody that, by coating cells, can protect them against immune
destruction.

Blood groups Antigens found on the surface of red blood cells.
Their expression is inherited.

Bursectomy Surgical removal of the bursa of Fabricius.

C

C-terminus The end of a peptide chain with a free carboxyl (COO−)

group.

C3 convertases Enzymes that can cleave native C3 into C3a and

C3b fragments.

Capsid The protein coat around a virus.

Carcinoma A tumor originating from cells of epithelial origin.

Carrier An immunogenic macromolecule to which a hapten may be
bound, making the hapten immunogenic.

Cascade reactions A linked series of enzyme reactions in which the
products of one reaction catalyze a second reaction, and so forth.

Caspases Proteolytic enzymes that play key roles in inflammation
and apoptosis.

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