The switching of activated B cells from IgM biosynthesis to biosynthesis of an IgA isotype, accomplished through a recombination process involving an intrachromosomal deletion between switch regions that reside 5' of the IgM and one of the IgA constant region gene segments in the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus. [ISBN:0781735149, PMID:12370374, PMID:2113175, PMID:9186655]
Full description or abstract
Collection
M5: Ontology GO: Gene Ontology GO:BP: GO Biological Process