A biologist identifies a mutant line of mice that lacks the cellular immune response. She suspects that a mutation in these mice affects the ability of host cells to carry out the antigen presentation step during the activation phase. What could the biologist do to test her hypothesis

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Davin Gregory

28 September, 22:35

A biologist identifies a mutant line of mice that lacks the cellular immune response. She suspects that a mutation in these mice affects the ability of host cells to carry out the antigen presentation step during the activation phase. What could the biologist do to test her hypothesis

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Caroline Booker · Answer 1

Isolate antigen-presenting host cells from mice known to have an intact cellular immune response and inject these into the mutant mice to see if the normal response can be restored.