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Accession
GO:0002345
Name
peripheral B cell receptor editing
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
peripheral B lymphocyte receptor editing, peripheral B-cell receptor editing, peripheral B-lymphocyte receptor editing
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Definition
The process that takes place mainly in germinal center B cells in which a large number of mutations are generated in the heavy chain and light chain V-region genes and their immediately surrounding introns in order to increase antibody diversity and contribute to affinity maturation. Source: GOC:jal
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peripheral B cell receptor editing [is_a relation] is_a  B cell receptor editing (GO:0002452)

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