| Term: | anterior pancreatic bud type B pancreatic cell differentiation |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | anterior pancreatic bud |
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| Synonyms: | exocrine anlage, rostral anlage, ventral anterior bud, ventral pancreatic anlage |
| Definition: | Pancreatic bud that develops from a ridge on the ventral side of the intestinal bulb primordium. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001369] |
| Name: | type B pancreatic cell differentiation |
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| Synonyms: | pancreatic B cell differentiation, pancreatic beta cell differentiation |
| Definition: | The process in which relatively unspecialized cells acquire specialized structural and/or functional features of a type B pancreatic cell. A type B pancreatic cell is a cell located towards center of the islets of Langerhans that secretes insulin. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0003309] QuickGO AmiGO |