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sidchicks Forum Junior Topics: 16 Posts: 38	May 02, 2007 - 3:31 AM       #1 i actually have a trouble getting this but can somebody explain why a hapten cant initiate an immune response by itself and what difference exactly a carrier makes in making it immunogenic
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keepgoing ..... Topics: 109 Posts: 1865	May 02, 2007 - 4:25 AM       #2 its molecular weight..haptan are low mol weight to be recognaised by cell itself as antigen...
StemCell Forum Junior Topics: 2 Posts: 77	May 02, 2007 - 4:28 AM       #3 I agree
sidchicks Forum Junior Topics: 16 Posts: 38	May 02, 2007 - 10:45 AM       #4 if that actually is the case then perhaps any carrier protein attached to a hapten would initiate a secondary immune response why do we need that hapten attached to same carrier protein the second time too for secondary immune response i am sorry but i am not satisfied with mol.wt. theory

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