True or False? In creating a functional TCR, the T cell uses the identical set of V, D, and J segments that the B cell uses in creating BCR, but the cells use different C segments.

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Alexus Walsh

14 June, 05:31

True or False? In creating a functional TCR, the T cell uses the identical set of V, D, and J segments that the B cell uses in creating BCR, but the cells use different C segments.

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Maya Love · Answer 1

False

Explanation:

T cell receptors (TCR) and B cell receptors (BCR) have similar antigen recognition receptors. Both have completely different genes that recognize the type of antigen.

BCR recognizes naive antigens while TCR recognizes only a single antigen peptide sequence.