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leukocyte differentiation

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Term info

Label

leukocyte differentiation

definition

The process in which a relatively unspecialized hemopoietic precursor cell acquires the specialized features of a leukocyte. A leukocyte is an achromatic cell of the myeloid or lymphoid lineages capable of ameboid movement, found in blood or other tissue.

has exact synonym

immune cell differentiation, leucocyte differentiation

has obo namespace

biological_process

id

GO:0002521

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl