germinal center formation
id: GO:0002467
name: germinal center formation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The process in which germinal centers form. A germinal center is a specialized microenvironment formed when activated B cells enter lymphoid follicles. Germinal centers are the foci for B cell proliferation and somatic hypermutation.
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0002460 | adaptive immune response based on somatic recombination of immune receptors built from immunoglobulin superfamily domains |
