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- Definition mechanism of somatic recombination that occurs only in developing lymphocytes during the early stages of T and B cell maturation and it results in the highly diverse repertoire of antibodies/immunoglobulins and T cell receptors (TCRs) found in B cells and T cells, respectively Reference Wikipedia > V(D)J recombination (26.4.2021)
- Comment The process is a defining feature of the adaptive immune system.In 1987, Susumu Tonegawa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity".