| Name | alpha-beta T cell differentiation |
| ID | GO_0046632 |
| collection_id | Biological process |
| Exact synonym | alpha-beta T lymphocyte differentiation, alpha-beta T-cell differentiation, alpha-beta T-lymphocyte differentiation |
| Description | The process in which a precursor cell type acquires the specialized features of an alpha-beta T cell. An alpha-beta T cell is a T cell that expresses an alpha-beta T cell receptor complex. |
| Related synonym | alpha-beta 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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