Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process
positive regulation of brown fat cell differentiation
- Term ID
- GO:0090336
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- Definition
- Any process that increases 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.
- References
- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
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- positively regulates
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Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes