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B cell receptor editing +  
immunoglobulin V(D)J recombination +   
The process in which immunoglobulin gene segments are recombined within a single locus utilizing the conserved heptamer and nonomer recombination signal sequences (RSS). For immunoglobulin heavy chains V, D, and J gene segments are joined, and for immunoglobulin light chains V and J gene segments are joined.
somatic diversification of immunoglobulin genes by N region addition 
somatic recombination of immunoglobulin genes involved in immune response +   
T cell receptor V(D)J recombination  

Synonyms
Narrow Synonyms: immunoglobulin V-D-J joining ;   immunoglobulin V-J joining ;   immunoglobulin V-J recombination
Definition Sources: GOC:add, ISBN:0781735149

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