Term Name: leading edge cell differentiation
Synonyms:
Definition: The process in which relatively unspecialized cells acquire specialized structural and/or functional features of leading edge cells, cells at the front of a migrating epithelial sheet.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0035026]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: leading edge cell fate commitment
is a type of: epithelial cell differentiation
has subtype: dorsal closure, leading edge cell differentiation