germinal center formation Gene Set

Dataset	GO Biological Process Annotations 2015
Category	structural or functional annotations
Type	biological process
Description	The process in which germinal centers form. A germinal center is a specialized microenvironment formed when activated B cells enter lymphoid follicles. Germinal centers are the foci for B cell proliferation and somatic hypermutation. (Gene Ontology, GO_0002467)
External Link	http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0002467
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8 genes participating in the germinal center formation biological process from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2015 dataset.

Symbol	Name
ADAM17	ADAM metallopeptidase domain 17
BCL3	B-cell CLL/lymphoma 3
BCL6	B-cell CLL/lymphoma 6
CXCL13	chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 13
KLHL6	kelch-like family member 6
MEF2C	myocyte enhancer factor 2C
NFKB2	nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells 2 (p49/p100)
UNC13D	unc-13 homolog D (C. elegans)