Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process

cell differentiation

Term ID
GO:0030154
Synonyms
Definition
The cellular developmental process in which a relatively unspecialized cell, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cell, acquires specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize a specific cell. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state. 0198506732
References
Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
Relationships
has parts
is a type of
has subtype
inverse capable_of
negatively regulated by
positively regulated by
regulated by
Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes