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xanthophore differentiation

Term Information

Accession
GO:0050936
Name
xanthophore differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
xanthophore cell differentiation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a xanthophore cell. Xanthophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain pteridine and/or carotenoid pigments in structures called pterinosomes or xanthosomes. This makes them yellow to orange in appearance. Source: GOC:mh, PMID:11858836, GOC:jid
Comment
Note that this term refers to xanthophores in the sense of specialized pigment-producing cells, and should not be confused with the cellular component term 'xanthophore ; GO:0031633', which refers to a subcellular structure.
History
See term history for GO:0050936 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of xanthophore differentiation (GO:0050936)
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xanthophore differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  pigment cell differentiation (GO:0050931)
Children of xanthophore differentiation (GO:0050936)
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negative regulation of xanthophore differentiation (GO:0050944) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  xanthophore differentiation
positive regulation of xanthophore differentiation (GO:0050946) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  xanthophore differentiation
regulation of xanthophore differentiation (GO:0050938) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  xanthophore differentiation
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