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Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of iridophore differentiation. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a pigmented cell, such as a melanocyte. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of iridophore differentiation. 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. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of iridophore 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.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: iridophore differentiation
Acc: GO:0050935
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: 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.
Synonyms:
  • iridophore cell differentiation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0050935 - iridophore differentiation (interactive image map)
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