Interactors | Protein name | Directionality | Classification | |
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1 | LEP-LEPR | LEP_HUMAN - LEPR_HUMAN | Ligand-Receptor |
Name | T cell differentiation |
ID | GO_0030217 |
collection_id | Biological process |
Alternative ID | GO:0042112, GO:0046652 |
Exact synonym | T lymphocyte differentiation, T-cell differentiation, T-lymphocyte differentiation |
Description | 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. |
Related synonym | T cell development |
Comment | 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'. |
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