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GO:0021522
Name
spinal cord motor neuron differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
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Definition
The process in which neuroepithelial cells in the ventral neural tube acquire specialized structural and/or functional features of motor neurons. Motor neurons innervate an effector (muscle or glandular) tissue and are responsible for transmission of motor impulses from the brain to the periphery. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate. Source: GOC:cls, GOC:dph, PMID:11262869, GO_REF:0000021, GOC:dgh, GOC:jid
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Parents of spinal cord motor neuron differentiation (GO:0021522)
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spinal cord motor neuron differentiation [RO:0002315 relation] RO:0002315  spinal cord motor neuron (CL:0011001)
spinal cord motor neuron differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  central nervous system neuron differentiation (GO:0021953)
spinal cord motor neuron differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  cell differentiation in spinal cord (GO:0021515)
spinal cord motor neuron differentiation [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  ventral spinal cord development (GO:0021517)
Children of spinal cord motor neuron differentiation (GO:0021522)
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visceral motor neuron differentiation (GO:0021524) [is_a relation] is_a  spinal cord motor neuron differentiation
spinal cord motor neuron cell fate specification (GO:0021520) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  spinal cord motor neuron differentiation
lateral motor column neuron differentiation (GO:0021525) [is_a relation] is_a  spinal cord motor neuron differentiation
somatic motor neuron differentiation (GO:0021523) [is_a relation] is_a  spinal cord motor neuron differentiation
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