Term Name: corticotropin hormone secreting cell differentiation
Synonyms: adrenocorticotrophic hormone secreting cell differentiation, adrenocorticotropic hormone secreting cell differentiation, corticotrope differentiation, corticotroph differentiation, corticotrophin hormone secreting cell differentiation
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a corticotropic hormone secreting cell. An corticotropic hormone secreting cell is a basophil cell of the anterior pituitary that produces corticotropin.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0060128]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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