germinal center B cell differentiation

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The process in which a B cell in the spleen acquires the specialized features of a germinal center B cell. Germinal center B cells are rapidly cycling B cells which have downregulated IgD expression and exhibit high levels of binding by peanut agglutinin (PNA). [ GOC:jal https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0781735149 ]

Synonyms: germinal center B-lymphocyte differentiation germinal center B lymphocyte differentiation germinal center B-cell differentiation

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Term information

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Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'.

has related synonym

germinal center B cell development

has obo namespace

biological_process

id

GO:0002314