Term Name: germinal center formation
Synonyms:
Definition: The process in which germinal centers form. A germinal center is a specialized microenvironment formed when activated B cells enter lymphoid follicles. Germinal centers are the foci for B cell proliferation and somatic hypermutation.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0002467]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: adaptive immune response based on somatic recombination of immune receptors built from immunoglobulin superfamily domains anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of germinal center formation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of germinal center formation
regulated by: regulation of germinal center formation