immunoglobulin V(D)J recombination

Term Information

Accession
GO:0033152
Ontology
biological process
Synonyms
exact: immunoglobulin V(D)J joining
exact: immunoglobulin V-D-J joining
exact: immunoglobulin V-D-J recombination
exact: immunoglobulin V-J joining
exact: immunoglobulin V-J recombination
Definition
The process by which immunoglobulin heavy chain V, D, and J gene segments are recombined within a single locus utilizing the conserved heptamer and nonomer recombination signal sequences (RSS). For immunoglobulin light chains the same process is used to join V and J gene segments directly. [source: GOC:add, ISBN:0781735149]
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