clonal selection

noun

The process by which a specific antigen only activates its counter-specific lymphocyte, usually a B cell, so that particular cell is induced to produce many clones of itself for antibody production.

First used the 1950s.
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Meanings

nounclonal selection (plural clonal selections)

plural clonal selections

  1. immunologyThe process by which a specific antigen only activates its counter-specific lymphocyte, usually a B cell, so that particular cell is induced to produce many clones of itself for antibody production.First known use the 1950s.

Translations

Hungarian klonális szelekció
  • klonális szelekcióimmunological process
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