Term Name: cardiac muscle cell differentiation
Synonyms: cardiomyocyte differentiation, heart muscle cell differentiation
Definition: The process in which a cardiac muscle precursor cell acquires specialized features of a cardiac muscle cell. Cardiac muscle cells are striated muscle cells that are responsible for heart contraction.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0055007]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: cardiac muscle tissue development
has parts: cardiac muscle cell development cardiac muscle cell fate commitment
is a type of: cardiocyte differentiation striated muscle cell differentiation
has subtype: atrial cardiac muscle cell differentiation cardiac pacemaker cell differentiation His-Purkinje system cell differentiation ventricular cardiac muscle cell differentiation
inverse capable_of: mesenchymal stem cell
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of cardiac muscle cell differentiation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of cardiac muscle cell differentiation
regulated by: regulation of cardiac muscle cell differentiation