Term Information

Accession
GO:0043368
Name
positive T cell selection
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
positive T lymphocyte selection, positive T-cell selection, positive T-lymphocyte selection
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process of sparing immature T cells which react with self-MHC protein complexes with low affinity levels from apoptotic death. Source: ISBN:0781735149, PMID:12414722
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0043368 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of positive T cell selection (GO:0043368)
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positive T cell selection [is_a relation] is_a  T cell selection (GO:0045058)
Children of positive T cell selection (GO:0043368)
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CD4-positive or CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell lineage commitment (GO:0043369) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  positive T cell selection
positive thymic T cell selection (GO:0045059) [is_a relation] is_a  positive T cell selection
positive extrathymic T cell selection (GO:0045067) [is_a relation] is_a  positive T cell selection
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