Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process

somatotropin secreting cell differentiation

Term ID
GO:0060126
Synonyms
  • growth hormone secreting cell differentiation
  • somatotrope differentiation
  • somatotroph differentiation
  • somatotrophin secreting cell differentiation
  • somatotropic cell differentiation
  • somatrophic cell differentiation
Definition
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a somatotropin secreting cell. A somatotropin secreting cell is an acidophilic cell of the anterior pituitary that produces growth hormone, somatotropin.
References
Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
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