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pigment cell differentiation

Term Information

Accession
GO:0050931
Name
pigment cell differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
chromatophore differentiation, pigmented cell differentiation
Alternate IDs
GO:0043357, GO:0043358
Definition
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a pigmented cell, such as a melanocyte. Source: GOC:dgh
Comment
Note that the chromatophore mentioned here is distinct from the pigment bearing structure found in certain photosynthetic bacteria and cyanobacteria. It is also different from the plant chromoplast, which is also sometimes called a chromatophore.
History
See term history for GO:0050931 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of pigment cell differentiation (GO:0050931)
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pigment cell differentiation [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  developmental pigmentation (GO:0048066)
pigment cell differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  cell differentiation (GO:0030154)
Children of pigment cell differentiation (GO:0050931)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
erythrophore differentiation (GO:0048773) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment cell differentiation
leucophore differentiation (GO:0048772) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment cell differentiation
pigment cell development (GO:0070285) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pigment cell differentiation
melanocyte differentiation (GO:0030318) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment cell differentiation
negative regulation of pigment cell differentiation (GO:0050941) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  pigment cell differentiation
positive regulation of pigment cell differentiation (GO:0050942) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  pigment cell differentiation
compound eye pigment cell differentiation (GO:0062056) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment cell differentiation
cyanophore differentiation (GO:0048774) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment cell differentiation
iridophore differentiation (GO:0050935) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment cell differentiation
pigment granule maturation (GO:0048757) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pigment cell differentiation
xanthophore differentiation (GO:0050936) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment cell differentiation
regulation of pigment cell differentiation (GO:0050932) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  pigment cell differentiation
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