Term Name: somatotropin secreting cell differentiation
Synonyms: growth hormone secreting cell differentiation, somatotrope differentiation, somatotroph differentiation, somatotrophin secreting cell differentiation, somatotropic cell differentiation, somatrophic cell differentiation
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a somatotropin secreting cell. A somatotropin secreting cell is an acidophilic cell of the anterior pituitary that produces growth hormone, somatotropin.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0060126]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: adenohypophysis development
has parts: somatotropin secreting cell development
is a type of: cell differentiation