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The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a pigmented cell, such as a melanocyte. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of an erythrophore cell. Erythrophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain pteridine and/or carotenoid pigments in structures called pterinosomes or erythrosomes. This gives them an orange to red appearance. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of erythrophore differentiation. Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of erythrophore differentiation. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of erythrophore 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: erythrophore differentiation
Acc: GO:0048773
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of an erythrophore cell. Erythrophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain pteridine and/or carotenoid pigments in structures called pterinosomes or erythrosomes. This gives them an orange to red appearance.
Synonyms:
  • erythrophore cell differentiation
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GO:0048773 - erythrophore differentiation (interactive image map)
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