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GO: Biological Process

lung basal cell differentiation

Term ID
GO:0060508
Synonyms
  • pulmonary basal cell differentiation
Definition
The process in which relatively unspecialized cells, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cells, acquire specialized structural and/or functional features of a mature basal cell found in the lung. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate. A basal cell is an epithelial stem cell.
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