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T cell differentiation
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0030217
Note that the term 'thymocyte differentiation' was merged into this term because thymocytes are T cells, and thus the term was essentially redundant. Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'.
Term info
Label
T cell differentiation
definition
The process in which a precursor cell type acquires characteristics of a more mature T-cell. A T cell is a type of lymphocyte whose definin characteristic is the expression of a T cell receptor complex.
has exact synonym
T-lymphocyte differentiation, T lymphocyte differentiation, T-cell differentiation
has alternative id
GO:0046652, GO:0042112
has obo namespace
biological_process
has related synonym
T cell development
id
GO:0030217
imported from
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl