Term Information

Accession
GO:0045058
Name
T cell selection
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
T lymphocyte selection, T-cell selection, T-lymphocyte selection
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process in which T cells that express T cell receptors that are restricted by self MHC protein complexes and tolerant to self antigens are selected for further maturation. Source: ISBN:0781735149, PMID:12414722
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0045058 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of T cell selection (GO:0045058)
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T cell selection [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  T cell differentiation (GO:0030217)
T cell selection [is_a relation] is_a  immune system process (GO:0002376)
Children of T cell selection (GO:0045058)
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negative T cell selection (GO:0043383) [is_a relation] is_a  T cell selection
beta selection (GO:0043366) [is_a relation] is_a  T cell selection
positive T cell selection (GO:0043368) [is_a relation] is_a  T cell selection
thymic T cell selection (GO:0045061) [is_a relation] is_a  T cell selection
extrathymic T cell selection (GO:0045062) [is_a relation] is_a  T cell selection
Wikipedia
Thymocyte