Term Name: fat cell differentiation
Synonyms: adipocyte cell differentiation, adipocyte differentiation, adipogenesis, adipose cell differentiation
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of an adipocyte, an animal connective tissue cell specialized for the synthesis and storage of fat.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0045444]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: cell differentiation
has subtype: brown fat cell differentiation white fat cell differentiation
inverse capable_of: mesenchymal stem cell
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of fat cell differentiation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of fat cell differentiation
regulated by: regulation of fat cell differentiation