The portions of an antigen's exposed surfaces to which its specific antibody binds are regions called
A) opsonins.
B) the constant segments of the light and heavy chains.
C) antigenic-determinant sites.
D) complement-binding sites.
E) antigen-binding sites.
C) antigenic-determinant sites.
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