somatic diversification of immune receptors by N region addition
id: GO:0002569
name: somatic diversification of immune receptors by N region addition
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: 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.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0002570 | somatic diversification of immunoglobulin genes by N region addition |
| GO:0002571 | somatic diversification of T cell receptor genes by N region addition |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0002200 | somatic diversification of immune receptors |
