Term Information

Accession
GO:0090336
Name
positive regulation of brown fat cell differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
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Alternate IDs
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Definition
Any process that increases the rate, frequency, or extent of brown fat cell differentiation. Brown fat cell differentiation is the process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a brown adipocyte, an animal connective tissue cell involved in adaptive thermogenesis. Brown adipocytes contain multiple small droplets of triglycerides and a high number of mitochondria. Source: GOC:BHF
Comment
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History
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Subset
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Parents of positive regulation of brown fat cell differentiation (GO:0090336)
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positive regulation of brown fat cell differentiation [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  brown fat cell differentiation (GO:0050873)
positive regulation of brown fat cell differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  positive regulation of fat cell differentiation (GO:0045600)
positive regulation of brown fat cell differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  regulation of brown fat cell differentiation (GO:0090335)

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