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Any process that is carried out at the cellular level, but not necessarily restricted to a single cell. For example, cell communication occurs among more than one cell, but occurs at the cellular level. A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for a neuron to attain its fully functional state. A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for a trichoblast cell to attain its fully functional state. The synthesis, deposition, and organization of the materials in a cell of an ovary; where the cell can then undergo meiosis and form an ovum. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster. A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of a cell over time from an initial condition to a later condition. A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for an oocyte to attain its fully functional state. Oocyte maturation commences after reinitiation of meiosis commonly starting with germinal vesicle breakdown, and continues up to the second meiotic arrest prior to fertilization. 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. A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of an integrated living unit: an anatomical structure (which may be a subcellular structure, cell, tissue, or organ), or organism over time from an initial condition to a later condition. A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for an erythrocyte to attain its fully functional state. A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for a cell to attain its fully functional state. The developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for an epithelial cell to attain its fully functional state. An epithelial cell is a cell usually found in a two-dimensional sheet with a free surface. A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for a myoblast to attain its fully functional state. A myoblast is a mononucleate cell type that, by fusion with other myoblasts, gives rise to the myotubes that eventually develop into skeletal muscle fibers. A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for an anatomical structure, cell or cellular component to attain its fully functional state. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Cell development does not include the steps involved in committing a cell to a specific fate. A process required for sperm to reach fertilization competence. Sperm undergo an incompletely understood series of morphological and molecular maturational processes, termed capacitation, involving, among other processes, protein tyrosine phosphorylation and increased intracellular calcium.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: cell maturation
Acc: GO:0048469
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for a cell to attain its fully functional state.
Synonyms:
  • functional differentiation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 72 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 518 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0048469 - cell maturation (interactive image map)
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