体たい細さい胞ぼう超ちょう変へん異い

noun

somatic hypermutation; SHM

A biological process in which B cells mutate their antibody genes to increase affinity for an antigen. Technical term used in immunology.

• 体たい細さい胞ぼう超ちょう変へん異いは、抗こう体たいの多た様よう性せいを生うみ出だす重じゅう要ようなメカニズムです。

  Somatic hypermutation is an important mechanism that generates antibody diversity.