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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 late stripe melanocyte (LSM). In zebrafish, LSMs develop during the second phase (3-4 weeks of development) of the larva-to-adult transition (2-4 weeks of development). The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of an early stripe melanocyte (ESM). In zebrafish, ESMs develop during the first phase (2-3 weeks of development) of the larva to adult transition (2-4 weeks of development). Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of melanocyte differentiation. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of melanocyte differentiation. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of melanocyte differentiation. 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 developmental process that results in the deposition of coloring matter in an organism, tissue or cell.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: melanocyte differentiation
Acc: GO:0030318
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.
Synonyms:
  • melanocyte cell differentiation
  • melanophore differentiation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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   Term or descendants: 48 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0030318 - melanocyte differentiation (interactive image map)
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