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lymphocyte differentiation
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The process in which a relatively unspecialized precursor cell acquires specialized features of a lymphocyte. A lymphocyte is a leukocyte commonly found in the blood and lymph that has the characteristics of a large nucleus, a neutral staining cytoplasm, and prominent heterochromatin. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000542 ]
Term info
Label
lymphocyte differentiation
Synonyms
- lymphocyte cell differentiation
- lymphocytic blood cell differentiation
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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'.
has alternative id
GO:0046650
has obo namespace
biological_process
has related synonym
lymphocyte development
id
GO:0030098