Planteome: Term Details for "leucophore differentiation" (GO:0048772)

Accession: GO:0048772
Name: leucophore differentiation
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: leucophore cell differentiation
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a leucophore cell. Leucophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain uric acid or other purine crystals, deposited in stacks called leucosomes. This gives them a white appearance. Source: GOC:mh, GOC:jid
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0048772 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to leucophore differentiation.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to leucophore differentiation.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for leucophore differentiation.
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subject	relation	object
leucophore differentiation	is_a	pigment cell differentiation (GO:0050931)

subject	relation	object
negative regulation of leucophore differentiation (GO:0048776)	RO:0002212	leucophore differentiation
regulation of leucophore differentiation (GO:0048775)	RO:0002211	leucophore differentiation
positive regulation of leucophore differentiation (GO:0048777)	RO:0002213	leucophore differentiation

leucophore differentiation