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Accession
GO:0042113
Name
B cell activation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
B lymphocyte activation, B-cell activation, B-lymphocyte activation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The change in morphology and behavior of a mature or immature B cell resulting from exposure to a mitogen, cytokine, chemokine, cellular ligand, or an antigen for which it is specific. Source: GOC:mgi_curators, ISBN:0781735149
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History
See term history for GO:0042113 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
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Subset
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Parents of B cell activation (GO:0042113)
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B cell activation [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  B cell (CL:0000236)
B cell activation [is_a relation] is_a  lymphocyte activation (GO:0046649)
Children of B cell activation (GO:0042113)
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positive regulation of B cell activation (GO:0050871) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  B cell activation
establishment of B cell polarity (GO:0001769) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  B cell activation
B cell differentiation (GO:0030183) [is_a relation] is_a  B cell activation
B cell proliferation (GO:0042100) [is_a relation] is_a  B cell activation
B cell activation involved in immune response (GO:0002312) [is_a relation] is_a  B cell activation
regulation of B cell activation (GO:0050864) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  B cell activation
negative regulation of B cell activation (GO:0050869) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  B cell activation
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