Category:GO:0002467 ! germinal center formation

id: GO:0002467

name: germinal center formation
namespace: biological_process
def: "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." [GO_REF:0000022, GOC:jal, ISBN:081533642X]
is_a: GO:0002460 ! adaptive immune response based on somatic recombination of immune receptors built from immunoglobulin superfamily domains
is_a: GO:0048646 ! anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0002467</GOterm>
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