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Immune System Phenomena > Immunogenetic Phenomena > Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte > Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain
Genetic Phenomena > Gene Rearrangement > Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte > Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain

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Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Ordered rearrangement of B-lymphocyte variable gene regions of the IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS, thereby contributing to antibody diversity. It occurs during the first stage of differentiation of the IMMATURE B-LYMPHOCYTES.

Entry terms

  • B Cell Heavy Chain Gene Rearrangement
  • B-Cell Heavy Chain Gene Rearrangement
  • B Lymphocyte Heavy Chain Gene Rearrangement
  • B-Lymphocyte Heavy Chain Gene Rearrangement

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VM502QRN-2

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