Complement Crossword!

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Across
  1. 3. The abbreviation for a structure which anchors to the wall of a bacterial cell and opens a hole
  2. 6. a protein that is able to bind to mannose
  3. 8. If C3b proteins do not connect with a pathogen within 60us, they are neutralized by _______
  4. 9. A complement pathway where proteins undergo spontaneous cleavage
  5. 10. The complement system is part of the ________ immune response
  6. 11. Also called C3bBb, this molecule acts as a chain saw to clip C3 into C3b
Down
  1. 1. comes from a German word that means "to prepare for eating." C3b molecules clipped into iC3b molecules function similarly to antibodies and can prepare an invader for phagocytosis
  2. 2. Fragments of complement proteins can serve as ______________ -chemicals that recruit other immune system players
  3. 4. The most abundant compliment protein
  4. 5. The complement system must be _________ before it can function
  5. 7. the number of proteins that compose the complement system