Term Name: somatic diversification of immune receptors by N region addition
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Definition: The addition of variable numbers of random nucleotides by terminal deoxytransferase in the N regions of heavy chain immunoglobulin and T cell receptor genes. N regions are found at the V-D, D-D, V-J, and D-J recombinational junctions, depending on the immune receptor gene.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0002569]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: somatic diversification of immune receptors
has subtype: somatic diversification of immunoglobulin genes by N region addition somatic diversification of T cell receptor genes by N region addition