Term Name: | regulation of brown fat cell differentiation |
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Definition: | Any process that modulates the rate, frequency, or extent of brown fat cell differentiation. Brown fat cell differentiation is the process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a brown adipocyte, an animal connective tissue cell involved in adaptive thermogenesis. Brown adipocytes contain multiple small droplets of triglycerides and a high number of mitochondria. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0090335] QuickGO AmiGO |