Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Light Chain
"Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Light Chain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Ordered rearrangement of B-lymphocyte variable gene regions coding for the kappa or lambda IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS, thereby contributing to antibody diversity. It occurs during the second stage of differentiation of the IMMATURE B-LYMPHOCYTES.
| Descriptor ID |
D015328
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.344.401.601 G12.500.274.601
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| Concept/Terms |
Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Light Chain- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Light Chain
- B-Cell Light Chain Gene Rearrangement
- B-Lymphocyte Light Chain Gene Rearrangement
- B Cell Light Chain Gene Rearrangement
- B Lymphocyte Light Chain Gene Rearrangement
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Medina CA, Teale JM. Restricted kappa chain expression in early ontogeny: biased utilization of V kappa exons and preferential V kappa-J kappa recombinations. J Exp Med. 1993 May 01; 177(5):1317-30.