The three-dimensional "fit" between the variable segments of the antibody molecule and the corresponding antigenic determinant site is referred to as __________.

a. the antibody-antigen complex
b. the immunodeficiency complex
c. the protein-complement complex
d. all of the listed responses


Answer: a. the antibody-antigen complex

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