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The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a heterocyst, a differentiated cell in certain cyanobacteria whose purpose is to fix nitrogen. A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of a cell over time from an initial condition to a later condition. The process whereby relatively unspecialized cells, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cells, acquire specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize the cells, tissues, or organs of the mature organism or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: heterocyst differentiation
Acc: GO:0043158
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a heterocyst, a differentiated cell in certain cyanobacteria whose purpose is to fix nitrogen.
Synonyms:
  • heterocyst cell differentiation
  • heterocyst biosynthesis
  • heterocyst formation
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0043158 - heterocyst differentiation (interactive image map)
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