peripheral B cell receptor editing
The process that takes place mainly in germinal center B cells in which a large number of mutations are generated in the heavy chain and light chain V-region genes and their immediately surrounding introns in order to increase antibody diversity and contribute to affinity maturation.
GO:0002452
B cell receptor editing
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peripheral B lymphocyte receptor editing
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peripheral B-cell receptor editing
exact
peripheral B-lymphocyte receptor editing
exact