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Process whereby a relatively unspecialized epidermal cell acquires the specialized features of a sebaceous gland cell. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the epidermis over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The epidermis is the outer epithelial layer of a plant or animal, it may be a single layer that produces an extracellular material (e.g. the cuticle of arthropods) or a complex stratified squamous epithelium, as in the case of many vertebrate species. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a gland over time, from its formation to the mature structure. A gland is an organ specialised for secretion. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the sebaceous gland over time, from its formation to the mature structure. 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 an epidermal cell, any of the cells making up the epidermis.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: sebaceous gland cell differentiation
Acc: GO:0001949
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: Process whereby a relatively unspecialized epidermal cell acquires the specialized features of a sebaceous gland cell.
Synonyms:
  • sebocytes differentiation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0001949 - sebaceous gland cell differentiation (interactive image map)
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