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The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the characteristics of a mature hemocyte. Hemocytes are blood cells associated with a hemocoel (the cavity containing most of the major organs of the arthropod body) which are involved in defense and clotting of hemolymph, but not involved in transport of oxygen. The stages of blood cell formation that take place within the embryo. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell derived from the embryonic head mesoderm acquires the specialized features of a mature hemocyte. Hemocytes are blood cells associated with a hemocoel (the cavity containing most of the major organs of the arthropod body) which are involved in defense and clotting of hemolymph, but not involved in transport of oxygen. The process by which a hemocyte precursor cell acquires the characteristics of the phagocytic blood-cell type, the plasmatocyte. Plasmatocytes are a class of arthropod hemocytes important in the cellular defense response. The process whereby an embryonic mesoderm-derived hemocyte precursor cell acquires the specialized features of the phagocytic blood-cell type, the plasmatocyte.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: embryonic plasmatocyte differentiation
Acc: GO:0035164
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby an embryonic mesoderm-derived hemocyte precursor cell acquires the specialized features of the phagocytic blood-cell type, the plasmatocyte.
Synonyms:
  • embryonic plasmatocyte cell differentiation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0035164 - embryonic plasmatocyte differentiation (interactive image map)
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