somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes

id: GO:0016446
name: somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Mutations occurring somatically that result in amino acid changes in the rearranged V regions of immunoglobulins.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0002205somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes involved in immune response

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0002566somatic diversification of immune receptors via somatic mutation
GO:0016445somatic diversification of immunoglobulins