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Fc receptors

Fc receptors is the plural of Fc receptor.

Meaning of Fc receptor

Noun

Fc receptor (plural Fc receptors)

  1. A protein found on the surface of certain immune and blood cells that binds to antibodies attached to infected cells or invading pathogens, enabling antibody-mediated phagocytosis or antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC).

Questions about Fc receptors

What is Fc receptors the plural of?
Fc receptors is the plural of Fc receptor.

Words near Fc receptors in the dictionary

  1. FBTs
  2. FBU
  3. FBW
  4. FC
  5. Fc receptor
  6. Fc receptors
  7. FC&S
  8. FCA
  9. FCAATSI
  10. FCAMHS
  11. FCAS

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