adaptive immune response based on somatic recombination of immune receptors built from leucine-rich repeat domains

id: GO:0002459
name: adaptive immune response based on somatic recombination of immune receptors built from leucine-rich repeat domains
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: An immune response based on directed amplification of specific receptors for antigen produced through a somatic diversification process that includes somatic recombination of variable lymphocyte receptors (VLR) incorporating leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domains, and allowing for enhanced responses upon subsequent exposures to the same antigen (immunological memory). Examples of this process are found in jawless fish, including the lampreys (Petromyzontidae) and hagfishes (Myxinidae).

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