biological_process Term "pigment cell differentiation" (GO:0050931)

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biological_process Term "pigment cell differentiation" (GO:0050931)

Term Name	pigment cell differentiation
Term Accession	GO:0050931
Aspect	biological_process
Synonyms (4)	chromatophore differentiation, GO:0043357, GO:0043358, pigmented cell differentiation
Definition	The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a pigmented cell, such as a melanocyte.
Comment	None
Source Ontology Database	The GO browser of Gene Ontology Database

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biological_process (GO:0008150) #8951

[i] developmental process (GO:0032502) #99

[i] cellular developmental process (GO:0048869) #7

[i] cell differentiation (GO:0030154) #616

[i] pigment cell differentiation (GO:0050931) #0

[i] melanocyte differentiation (GO:0030318) #0

[p] pigment granule maturation (GO:0048757) #1

[i] leucophore differentiation (GO:0048772) #0

[i] erythrophore differentiation (GO:0048773) #0

[i] cyanophore differentiation (GO:0048774) #0

[r] regulation of pigment cell differentiation (GO:0050932) #0

[i] iridophore differentiation (GO:0050935) #0

[i] xanthophore differentiation (GO:0050936) #0

[-r] negative regulation of pigment cell differentiation (GO:0050941) #0

[+r] positive regulation of pigment cell differentiation (GO:0050942) #0

[p] pigment cell development (GO:0070285) #0

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