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The process whereby a relatively unspecialized myeloid precursor cell acquires the specialized features of any cell of the myeloid leukocyte lineage. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of monocyte differentiation. Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of monocyte differentiation. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of monocyte differentiation. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized hemopoietic precursor cell acquires the specialized features of a plasmacytoid dendritic cell or any cell of the myeloid leukocyte or lymphocyte lineages. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized myeloid precursor cell acquires the specialized features of any cell of the myeloid leukocyte, megakaryocyte, thrombocyte, or erythrocyte lineages. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized myeloid precursor cell acquires the specialized features of a monocyte.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: monocyte differentiation
Acc: GO:0030224
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby a relatively unspecialized myeloid precursor cell acquires the specialized features of a monocyte.
Synonyms:
  • monocyte cell differentiation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 7 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 14 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0030224 - monocyte differentiation (interactive image map)
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