pre-B cell differentiation

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0002329

The process in which a precursor cell type acquires the specialized features of a pre-B cell. Pre-B cells follow the pro-B cell stage of immature B cell differentiation and undergo rearrangement of heavy chain V, D, and J gene segments. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0781735149&isbn=1/ GOC:jal ]

Synonyms: pre-B lymphocyte differentiation

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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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pre-B cell development

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biological_process

GO:0002329

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Equivalent to:

cell differentiation and results in acquisition of features of some precursor B cell

Subclass of:

immature B cell differentiation
results in acquisition of features of some precursor B cell