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GO: Biological Process

somatic diversification of immune receptors by N region addition

Term ID
GO:0002569
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Definition
The addition of variable numbers of random nucleotides by terminal deoxytransferase in the N regions of heavy chain immunoglobulin and T cell receptor genes. N regions are found at the V-D, D-D, V-J, and D-J recombinational junctions, depending on the immune receptor gene. 0781735149
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