Term Name: cell differentiation
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Definition: The cellular developmental process in which a relatively unspecialized cell, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cell, acquires specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize a specific cell. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0030154]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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has parts: cell development cell fate commitment G1 to G0 transition involved in cell differentiation
is a type of: cellular developmental process
has subtype: anther wall tapetum cell differentiation antipodal cell differentiation bundle sheath cell differentiation cardiocyte differentiation cell differentiation in hindbrain cell differentiation in spinal cord cell differentiation involved in embryonic placenta development cell differentiation involved in kidney development cell differentiation involved in mesonephros development cell differentiation involved in metanephros development cell differentiation involved in phenotypic switching cell differentiation involved in pronephros development cell differentiation involved in salivary gland development chondroblast differentiation chondrocyte differentiation chorionic trophoblast cell differentiation collenchyma cell differentiation compound eye cone cell differentiation corticotropin hormone secreting cell differentiation ectodermal cell differentiation embryo sac central cell differentiation embryo sac egg cell differentiation endodermal cell differentiation epithelial cell differentiation fat cell differentiation foam cell differentiation follicular dendritic cell differentiation generative cell differentiation glial cell differentiation hematopoietic progenitor cell differentiation hemocyte differentiation hepatic stellate cell differentiation hypothalamus cell differentiation inner cell mass cell differentiation leukocyte differentiation Leydig cell differentiation lung cell differentiation luteal cell differentiation Malpighian tubule tip cell differentiation mesenchymal cell differentiation mesodermal cell differentiation microgametophyte vegetative cell differentiation muscle cell differentiation myeloid cell differentiation myoblast differentiation myofibroblast differentiation mystery cell differentiation neuroblast differentiation neurogenesis neuromast mantle cell differentiation neuromast support cell differentiation neuron differentiation notochord cell differentiation oenocyte differentiation oocyte differentiation osteoblast differentiation pericyte cell differentiation pigment cell differentiation pigment cell precursor differentiation plant endodermal cell differentiation plant epidermal cell differentiation plant parenchymal cell differentiation pollen sperm cell differentiation prolactin secreting cell differentiation renal filtration cell differentiation rhombomere cell differentiation sclerenchyma cell differentiation sieve element differentiation skeletal muscle cell differentiation somatotropin secreting cell differentiation sorocarp spore cell differentiation sorocarp stalk cell differentiation spermatid differentiation sporocyte differentiation stem cell differentiation synergid differentiation tendon cell differentiation tracheary element differentiation transdifferentiation trichome differentiation trophectodermal cell differentiation vasculogenesis
inverse capable_of: non-terminally differentiated cell precursor cell stem cell
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of cell differentiation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of cell differentiation
regulated by: regulation of cell differentiation