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An immune response based on directed amplification of specific receptors for antigen produced through a somatic diversification process, and allowing for enhanced response to subsequent exposures to the same antigen (immunological memory). An immune response based on directed amplification of specific receptors for antigen produced through a somatic diversification process that includes somatic recombination of germline gene segments encoding immunoglobulin superfamily domains, and allowing for enhanced responses upon subsequent exposures to the same antigen (immunological memory). Recombined receptors for antigen encoded by immunoglobulin superfamily domains include T cell receptors and immunoglobulins (antibodies). An example of this is the adaptive immune response found in Mus musculus. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate, or extent of germinal center formation. Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate, or extent of germinal center formation. The process by 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. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate, or extent of germinal center formation.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: germinal center formation
Acc: GO:0002467
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process by 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.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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GO:0002467 - germinal center formation (interactive image map)
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