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Term:
somatic diversification of T cell receptor genes by N region addition (GO:0002571)
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somatic diversification of immunoglobulin genes by N region addition 
somatic diversification of T cell receptor genes by N region addition 
The addition of variable numbers of random nucleotides by terminal deoxytransferase in the N regions of T cell receptor genes. N regions are found at the V-D, D-D, V-J, and D-J recombinational junctions, depending on the T cell receptor gene.
somatic recombination of T cell receptor gene segments +   
T cell receptor V(D)J recombination  

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: somatic diversification of TCR genes by N region addition
Definition Sources: GOC:add, ISBN:0781735149

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