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The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a leucophore cell. Leucophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain uric acid or other purine crystals, deposited in stacks called leucosomes. This gives them a white appearance. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of an erythrophore cell. Erythrophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain pteridine and/or carotenoid pigments in structures called pterinosomes or erythrosomes. This gives them an orange to red appearance. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a cyanophore cell. Cyanophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain a blue pigment of unknown chemical composition. The pigment is stored in fibrous organelles termed cyanosomes. 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 a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a pigment cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Cell development does not include the steps involved in committing a cell to a pigment cell fate. 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. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of pigment cell differentiation. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of pigmented cell differentiation. Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of pigment cell differentiation. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a pigmented cell, such as a melanocyte. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a xanthophore cell. Xanthophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain pteridine and/or carotenoid pigments in structures called pterinosomes or xanthosomes. This makes them yellow to orange in appearance. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of an iridophore. Iridophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain guanidine or other purine crystals deposited in stacks called reflecting platets or iridisomes. This gives them a silver, gold, or iridescent appearance. Steps required to form a membrane-bounded organelle into a pigment granule containing pigment. Maturation is a developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for a cell or structure to attain its fully functional state. The deposition or aggregation of coloring matter in an organism, tissue or cell. The developmental process that results in the deposition of coloring matter in an organism, tissue or cell.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: pigment cell differentiation
Acc: GO:0050931
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a pigmented cell, such as a melanocyte.
Synonyms:
  • chromatophore differentiation
  • pigmented cell differentiation
  • GO:0043358
  • GO:0043357
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0050931 - pigment cell differentiation (interactive image map)
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