To complete this experiment, answer the following questions:

How do antigens and antibodies interact?

Which of the following statements are true:

a) The majority of antibodies react with topographical structures which depend on the native conformation of the antigen (conformational epitopes).
True False

b) Antigens and antibodies interact by forming covalent bonds.
True False

c) Each antigenic determinant on an antigen represents a cluster of dominant epitopes.
True False

d) The forces which bind an antibody to an antigen are inversely proportional to the distance at which they are able to bind.
True False

e) The specificity of antigen-antibody recognition is absolute.
True False

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