MCAT Question of the Day


  • Q:

    The RAG complex in somatic recombination is essential to producing the high variability in V(D)J antibodies in T and B cells. A person with a mutation in the RAG complex which renders the complex nonfunctional is likely to experience which of the following problems

     

    A

    autoimmune attack of the pancreatic insulin-producing cells

    B

    severe allergic responses

    C

    no adaptive immune response

    D

    overcompensation of somatic hypermutation in B cells to compensate for the loss of somatic recombination



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