Term Name: pro-B cell
Synonyms: pre-B cell (Philadelphia nomenclature), pre-pro B cell, pro-B lymphocyte, pro-B-cell, pro-B-lymphocyte, progenitor B cell, progenitor B lymphocyte, progenitor B-cell, progenitor B-lymphocyte
Definition: A progenitor cell of the B cell lineage, with some lineage specific activity such as early stages of recombination of B cell receptor genes, but not yet fully committed to the B cell lineage until the expression of PAX5 occurs.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [CL:0000826]

Relationships
develops from: common lymphoid progenitor
develops into: B cell lymphocyte of B lineage pre-B-I cell pre-B-II cell
is a type of: lymphoid lineage restricted progenitor cell
has subtype: early pro-B cell Fraction A pre-pro B cell
has_part: DNA nucleotidylexotransferase paired box protein PAX-5
inverse disjoint_from: precursor B cell
participates_in: immunoglobulin V(D)J recombination