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plant parenchymal cell differentiation

Term Information

Accession
GO:0048760
Name
plant parenchymal cell differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
parenchymal cell differentiation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a parenchymal cell. Parenchymal cells are the most abundant and versatile cells in plants. They have very few distinguishing characteristics and botanists classify them as any cell type that cannot be assigned to any other structural or functional class. They can redifferentiate and dedifferentiate and are involved in storage, basic metabolism and other processes. The cells are polyhedral, typically with thin, non-lignified cellulose cell walls and nucleate living protoplasm. They vary in size, form, and wall structure. Source: ISBN:069716957X, PO:0005421, CL:0000668, GOC:jid
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0048760 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of plant parenchymal cell differentiation (GO:0048760)
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plant parenchymal cell differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  cell differentiation (GO:0030154)
Children of plant parenchymal cell differentiation (GO:0048760)
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companion cell differentiation (GO:0048758) [is_a relation] is_a  plant parenchymal cell differentiation
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