T cell receptor V(D)J recombination

Term Information

Accession
GO:0033153
Ontology
biological process
Synonyms
exact: T cell receptor V(D)J joining
exact: T cell receptor V-D-J joining
exact: T cell receptor V-D-J recombination
exact: T cell receptor V-J joining
exact: T cell receptor V-J recombination
exact: T-cell receptor V(D)J recombination
exact: TCR V(D)J recombination
Definition
The process by which T cell receptor V, D, and J, or V and J gene segments, depending on the specific locus, are recombined within a single locus utilizing the conserved heptamer and nonomer recombination signal sequences (RSS). [source: GOC:add, ISBN:0781700221]
Comment
None
Subset
None
Community
There have been 0 comments for this term. If you would like to view or participate in the community annotation, please continue to the GONUTS page.

Back to top

Term Lineage

Switch to viewing term parents, siblings and children

Filter tree view help!
Filter Gene Product Counts
View Options

Tree view


Back to top

External References

None.