Term Name: megakaryocyte progenitor cell
Synonyms: CFU-Meg, colony-forming unit-megakaryocyte, Meg-CFC, megacaryoblast, megacaryocyte progenitor cell, megakaryoblast, megakaryocytic progenitor cell, MkP, promegacaryocyte, promegakaryocyte
Definition: The earliest cytologically identifiable precursor in the thrombocytic series. This cell is capable of endomitosis and lacks expression of hematopoieitic lineage markers (lin-negative).
Ontology: Cell Ontology [CL:0000553]

Relationships
develops from: megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor cell
develops into: megakaryocyte
is a type of: myeloid cell myeloid lineage restricted progenitor cell
has subtype: CD34-positive, CD41-positive, CD42-negative megakaryocyte progenitor cell CD34-positive, CD41-positive, CD42-positive megakaryocyte progenitor cell Kit-positive megakaryocyte progenitor cell
capable_of: endomitotic cell cycle megakaryocyte differentiation
lacks_plasma_membrane_part: CD2 molecule CD3 epsilon CD4 molecule CD14 molecule CD19 molecule integrin alpha-M lymphocyte antigen 6G lymphocyte antigen 76 membrane-spanning 4-domains subfamily A member 1 neural cell adhesion molecule 1 T-cell surface glycoprotein CD5 T-cell surface glycoprotein CD8 alpha chain