Term Information

Accession

GO:0030154

Ontology

biological process

Synonyms

None

Definition

The process whereby relatively unspecialized cells, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cells, acquire specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize the cells, tissues, or organs of the mature organism or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate. [source: ISBN:0198506732]

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Subset

• goslim_generic
• goslim_goa
• goslim_plant
• Unavailable

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External References

InterPro (5)

• IPR000800
• IPR009800
• IPR010660
• IPR011656
• IPR015737

MIPS_funcat (1)

• 40.02

Pfam (4)

• PF00066
• PF06816
• PF07111
• PF07684

PRINTS (1)

• PR01452

PROSITE (1)

• PS50258

SMART (1)

• SM00004

SP_KW (1)

• KW-0221

Wikipedia (1)

• Cellular_differentiation

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