AmiGO 2: Term Details for "V(D)J recombination" (GO:0033151)

Accession: GO:0033151
Name: V(D)J recombination
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: V(D)J joining, V-D-J joining, V-D-J recombination, V-J joining, V-J recombination
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process in which immune receptor V, D, and J, or V and J gene segments, depending on the specific receptor, are recombined within a single locus utilizing the conserved heptamer and nonomer recombination signal sequences (RSS). Source: ISBN:0781700221, ISBN:0781735149, GOC:add
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0033151 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to V(D)J recombination (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to V(D)J recombination (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for V(D)J recombination (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
V(D)J recombination	is_a	somatic diversification of immune receptors via germline recombination within a single locus (GO:0002562)

subject	relation	object
immunoglobulin V(D)J recombination (GO:0033152)	is_a	V(D)J recombination
T cell receptor V(D)J recombination (GO:0033153)	is_a	V(D)J recombination