transitional stage B cell differentiation
The process in which immature B cells from the bone marrow become mature B cells in the spleen. Transitional stage B cells are subdivided into transitional one (T1) and transitional two (T2) stages and are short-lived and functionally incompetent. [ GOC:jal http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0781735149&isbn=1/ ]
Synonyms: transitional stage B-cell differentiation, transitional stage B-lymphocyte differentiation, transitional stage B lymphocyte differentiation
Term info
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'.
transitional stage B cell development
biological_process
GO:0002332