Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement Process

**Semantic type:** Genetic Function

**Definition:** Any process of gene rearrangement that creates a novel junction among the immunoglobuling-coding variable, diversity, joining or constant segments. This process involves sequence recognition, cleavage, excision and ligation by recombinases to create a contiguous protein-coding gene. Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement is involved in generation of antibody diversity.

**Synonyms:** - Immunoglobulin Gene Rearrangement