Briefly describe the role of glycoproteins as antigenic determinants for blood groups.
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- Explain the function of glycoproteins as antigenic determinants for blood types in a few words.What is the chemical basis for the specificity of binding of an immunoglobin antibody to a particular antigen? View keyboard shortcutsDescribe the reason that it is useful that antibodies have two antigen binding arms.