Planteome: Term Details for "xanthophore differentiation" (GO:0050936)

Accession: GO:0050936
Name: xanthophore differentiation
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: xanthophore cell differentiation
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a xanthophore cell. Xanthophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain pteridine and/or carotenoid pigments in structures called pterinosomes or xanthosomes. This makes them yellow to orange in appearance. Source: GOC:mh, PMID:11858836, GOC:jid
Comment: Note that this term refers to xanthophores in the sense of specialized pigment-producing cells, and should not be confused with the cellular component term 'xanthophore ; GO:0031633', which refers to a subcellular structure.
History: See term history for GO:0050936 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to xanthophore differentiation.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to xanthophore differentiation.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for xanthophore differentiation.
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subject	relation	object
xanthophore differentiation	is_a	pigment cell differentiation (GO:0050931)

subject	relation	object
negative regulation of xanthophore differentiation (GO:0050944)	RO:0002212	xanthophore differentiation
regulation of xanthophore differentiation (GO:0050938)	RO:0002211	xanthophore differentiation
positive regulation of xanthophore differentiation (GO:0050946)	RO:0002213	xanthophore differentiation

xanthophore differentiation