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The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a muscle cell. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a smooth muscle cell of the prostate glandular acinus. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of smooth muscle cell differentiation. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a cardiac vascular smooth muscle cell. A cardiac vascular smooth muscle cell covers the heart vasculature and lacks transverse striations in its constituent fibers. Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of smooth muscle cell differentiation. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a smooth muscle cell in the kidney. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of smooth muscle cell differentiation. The progression of a muscle structure over time, from its formation to its mature state. Muscle structures are contractile cells, tissues or organs that are found in multicellular organisms. 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. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a smooth muscle cell in the ureter. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a smooth muscle cell; smooth muscle lacks transverse striations in its constituent fibers and are almost always involuntary.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: smooth muscle cell differentiation
Acc: GO:0051145
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a smooth muscle cell; smooth muscle lacks transverse striations in its constituent fibers and are almost always involuntary.
Synonyms:
  • nonstriated muscle cell differentiation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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   Term or descendants: 46 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0051145 - smooth muscle cell differentiation (interactive image map)
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