Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
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Author: Trudy McKee, James R. McKee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Chapter 2, Problem 51FB
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The given blank space in the statement, “Techniques that the body uses to protect itself from the microbe members of the human superorganism are impenetrable tissue barriers and __________ system cells.”
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The human body has defense mechanisms for controlling and coping with a microbial attack. The three lines of defense are physical barriers, defensive cells and proteins, and the immune system.
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