Term Information

Accession
GO:0003168
Name
Purkinje myocyte differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
cardiac Purkinje fiber cell differentiation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized structural and/or functional features of a Purkinje myocyte (also known as cardiac Purkinje fiber cell). These cells are specialized cardiomyocytes that receive signals from the bundle of His and innervate the ventricular cardiac muscle. Source: GOC:mtg_cardiac_conduct_nov11, GOC:mtg_heart
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History
See term history for GO:0003168 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of Purkinje myocyte differentiation (GO:0003168)
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Purkinje myocyte differentiation [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  Purkinje myocyte development (GO:0003165)
Purkinje myocyte differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  His-Purkinje system cell differentiation (GO:0060932)

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