Term Information

Accession
GO:0072674
Name
multinuclear osteoclast differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
multinuclear osteoclast formation, multinuclear osteoclast morphogenesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process in which a relatively unspecialized monocyte acquires the specialized features of a multinuclear osteoclast. An osteoclast is a specialized phagocytic cell associated with the absorption and removal of the mineralized matrix of bone tissue. Source: PMID:12713016, GOC:mah, CL:0000779
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0072674 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of multinuclear osteoclast differentiation (GO:0072674)
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multinuclear osteoclast differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  osteoclast differentiation (GO:0030316)
Children of multinuclear osteoclast differentiation (GO:0072674)
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osteoclast fusion (GO:0072675) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  multinuclear osteoclast differentiation
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