Title: junctional diversity
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - junctional diversity
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.13355
Status: current

Definition
Diversity of the splice junctions in the recombined variable (V) gene, diversity (D) gene [for immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy chains, and for TCR b and d chains], and joining (J) gene segments of antibody and T-cell receptor (TCR) genes.

Related Terms
- T-cell receptor (TCR): https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13714
- diversity (D) gene: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13098
- heavy chains: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13198
- joining (J) gene: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13354
- variable (V) gene: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13772

Source
- PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. 'IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 1198 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-11-06-03)

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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13355/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13355/xml

Citation: Citation: 'junctional diversity' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.13355
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