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GO: Biological Process

companion cell differentiation

Term ID
GO:0048758
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Definition
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a companion cell. The companion cell is the specialized parenchyma cell associated with a sieve-tube member in angiosperm phloem and arising from the same mother cell as the sieve-tube member.
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GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
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