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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. The directed movement of substances from endosomes to pigment granules. A change in state or activity of a cell (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a stimulus. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a pigment, contributing to the process by which a membrane-bounded organelle develops into a pigment granule. 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 process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a pigmented cell, such as a melanocyte. The deposition or aggregation of coloring matter in a cell. The aggregation of coloring matter in a particular location in an organism, tissue or cell, occurring in response to some external stimulus. The aggregation of coloring matter in a particular location in a cell, occurring in response to some external stimulus. 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. A developmental process, independent of morphogenetic (shape) change, that is required for an anatomical structure, cell or cellular component to attain its fully functional state. 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: pigment granule maturation
Acc: GO:0048757
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: 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.
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GO:0048757 - pigment granule maturation (interactive image map)
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