Term Information

Accession
GO:0002319
Name
memory B cell differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
memory B lymphocyte differentiation, memory B-cell differentiation, memory B-lymphocyte differentiation, memory B cell development
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The process in which a B cell acquires the specialized features of a memory B cell. Memory B cells are cells that can respond rapidly to antigen re-exposure by production of high-affinity antibody. 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'.
History
See term history for GO:0002319 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of memory B cell differentiation (GO:0002319)
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memory B cell differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  mature B cell differentiation involved in immune response (GO:0002313)
memory B cell differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  immunological memory formation process (GO:0090715)

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