Name | gamma-delta T cell differentiation |
ID | GO_0042492 |
collection_id | Biological process |
Exact synonym | gamma-delta T lymphocyte differentiation, gamma-delta T-cell differentiation, gamma-delta T-lymphocyte differentiation |
Description | The process in which a relatively unspecialized hemopoietic cell acquires specialized features of a gamma-delta T cell. A gamma-delta T cell is a T cell that expresses a gamma-delta T cell receptor complex. |
Related synonym | gamma-delta T cell development |
Comment | 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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