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follicular B cell differentiation
Term Information
Accession
GO:0002316
Name
follicular B cell differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
follicular B lymphocyte differentiation, follicular B-cell differentiation, follicular B-lymphocyte differentiation, follicular B cell development
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None
Definition
The process in which a B cell in the spleen acquires the specialized features of a follicular B cell. Follicular B cells are major population of mature recirculating B cells in the spleen and are located in the B-cell follicle region.
Source:ISBN:0781735149,
GOC:jal
Comment
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'.
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