Which of the following statements concerning the chemical structure of an antibody is incorrect? Antibodies have two short peptide chains known as light chains. Antibodies are formed of four polypeptide chains. The constant region of each immunoglobulin chain forms the antigen binding site. Antibodies have two long peptide chains known as heavy chains. Each peptide has a variable domain and a constant domain. Alpha and beta interferons are are cytokines that act directly as anti-viral proteins are cytokines that act directly as anti-bacterial proteins are cytokines produced in response to viral infections that cause uninfected neighboring cells to produce anti-viral proteins are cytokines that interfere with infection from most pathogens. are cytokines produced in response to bacterial infections that cause uninfected neighboring cells to produce anti-bacterial p
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