FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term epidermal cell differentiation ID (Ontology) GO:0009913 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of an epidermal cell, any of the cells making up the epidermis.
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       7
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 epidermal cell differentiation (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       7
     involved_in | epidermal cell differentiation       7
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tissue development
 |__epidermis development____________
cell differentiation                 |
 |__epithelial cell differentiation__|
epithelium development               |
 |__epithelial cell differentiation__|
                                     epidermal cell differentiation  55 rec.
                                      |__epidermal cell fate specification 2 rec.
                                      |   |__limb basal epidermal cell fate specification
                                      |   |__limb granular cell fate specification
                                      |   |__limb spinous cell fate specification
                                      |__hair cell differentiation 49 rec.
                                      |   |__inner ear auditory receptor cell differentiation(+)
                                      |   |__neuromast hair cell differentiation(+)
                                      |   |__non-sensory hair organization(+) 49 rec.
                                      |   |__vestibular receptor cell differentiation(+)
                                      |__keratinocyte differentiation
                                      |   |__keratinization(+)
                                      |   |__keratinocyte development(+)
                                      |   |__limb granular cell differentiation(+)
                                      |   |__limb spinous cell differentiation(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of keratinocyte differentiation(+)
                                      |__limb basal epidermal cell differentiation
                                      |   |__limb basal epidermal cell fate specification
                                      |__regulation of epidermal cell differentiation 1 rec.
                                      |   |__negative regulation of epidermal cell differentiation(+)
                                      |   |__positive regulation of epidermal cell differentiation(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of inner ear auditory receptor cell differentiation(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of keratinocyte differentiation(+)
                                      |__sebaceous gland cell differentiation
                                          |__acinar cell of sebaceous gland differentiation
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Is a epithelial cell differentiation
Part of epidermis development
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  • "hypodermal cell differentiation" RELATED
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