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Accession
GO:0002521
Name
leukocyte differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
immune cell differentiation, leucocyte differentiation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The process in which a relatively unspecialized hemopoietic precursor cell acquires the specialized features of a leukocyte. A leukocyte is an achromatic cell of the myeloid or lymphoid lineages capable of ameboid movement, found in blood or other tissue. Source: CL:0000738, GOC:add, PMID:16551264
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History
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Parents of leukocyte differentiation (GO:0002521)
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leukocyte differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  cell differentiation (GO:0030154)
leukocyte differentiation [RO:0002315 relation] RO:0002315  leukocyte (CL:0000738)
leukocyte differentiation [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  hemopoiesis (GO:0030097)
leukocyte differentiation [RO:0002162 relation] RO:0002162  Vertebrata (NCBITaxon:7742)
Children of leukocyte differentiation (GO:0002521)
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negative regulation of leukocyte differentiation (GO:1902106) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  leukocyte differentiation
positive regulation of leukocyte differentiation (GO:1902107) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  leukocyte differentiation
mononuclear cell differentiation (GO:1903131) [is_a relation] is_a  leukocyte differentiation
regulation of leukocyte differentiation (GO:1902105) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  leukocyte differentiation
myeloid leukocyte differentiation (GO:0002573) [is_a relation] is_a  leukocyte differentiation
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