Definition: Ordered rearrangement of B-lymphocyte variable gene regions coding for the kappa or lambda IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS, thereby contributing to antibody diversity. It occurs during the second stage of differentiation of the IMMATURE B-LYMPHOCYTES.
DF: GENE REARR LIGHT CHAIN
Other names B-Lymphocyte lambda-Chain Gene Rearrangement; B-Lymphocyte kappa-Chain Gene Rearrangement; B-Lymphocyte Light Chain Gene Rearrangement; B-Cell Light Chain Gene Rearrangement; B Lymphocyte lambda Chain Gene Rearrangement; B Lymphocyte kappa Chain Gene Rearrangement; B Cell lambda Chain Gene Rearrangement; B Cell kappa Chain Gene Rearrangement; B Lymphocyte Light Chain Gene Rearrangement; B Cell lambda-Chain Gene Rearrangement; B Cell kappa-Chain Gene Rearrangement; B Cell Light Chain Gene Rearrangement
