Term Name: somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes involved in immune response
Synonyms: somatic hypermutation of antibody genes during immune response, somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes during immune response
Definition: Mutations occurring somatically that result in amino acid changes in the rearranged V regions of immunoglobulins following the induction of and contributing to an immune response.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0002205]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: B cell affinity maturation
is a type of: somatic diversification of immunoglobulins involved in immune response somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes