Term Information

Accession
GO:0003310
Name
pancreatic A cell differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
pancreatic alpha cell differentiation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process in which relatively unspecialized cells acquire specialized structural and functional features of a pancreatic A cell. A pancreatic A cell is a cell in the pancreas that secretes glucagon. Source: GOC:dph, PMID:11076772
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0003310 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of pancreatic A cell differentiation (GO:0003310)
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pancreatic A cell differentiation [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  endocrine pancreas development (GO:0031018)
pancreatic A cell differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  enteroendocrine cell differentiation (GO:0035883)
Children of pancreatic A cell differentiation (GO:0003310)
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pancreatic A cell fate commitment (GO:0003326) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pancreatic A cell differentiation
regulation of pancreatic A cell differentiation (GO:2000226) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  pancreatic A cell differentiation
positive regulation of pancreatic A cell differentiation (GO:2000228) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  pancreatic A cell differentiation
pancreatic A cell development (GO:0003322) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pancreatic A cell differentiation
negative regulation of pancreatic A cell differentiation (GO:2000227) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  pancreatic A cell differentiation
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