Term Name: basophilic erythroblast
Synonyms: basophilic normoblast, early erythroblast, early normoblast, prorubricyte
Definition: A nucleated immature erythrocyte, having cytoplasm generally similar to that of the earlier proerythroblast but sometimes even more basophilic, and usually regular in outline. The nucleus is still relatively large, but the chromatin strands are thicker and more deeply staining, giving a coarser appearance; the nucleoli have disappeared. This cell is CD71-positive and lacks hematopoeitic lineage markers.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [CL:0000549]

Relationships
develops from: proerythroblast
develops into: polychromatophilic erythroblast
is a type of: erythroblast
has subtype: GlyA-positive basophillic erythroblast Kit-negative, Ly-76 high basophilic erythroblast
has_part: basophilic cytoplasm heterochromatin
has_plasma_membrane_part: transferrin receptor protein 1