FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term melanocyte differentiation ID (Ontology) GO:0030318 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.
Also Known As "melanocyte cell differentiation" ; "melanophore differentiation"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       1
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 melanocyte differentiation (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       1
     involved_in | melanocyte differentiation       1
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cell differentiation________
developmental pigmentation__|
                            pigment cell differentiation
                             |__melanocyte differentiation  1 rec.
                                 |__early stripe melanocyte differentiation
                                 |   |__regulation of early stripe melanocyte differentiation(+)
                                 |__late stripe melanocyte differentiation
                                 |   |__regulation of late stripe melanocyte differentiation(+)
                                 |__regulation of melanocyte differentiation
                                     |__negative regulation of melanocyte differentiation(+)
                                     |__positive regulation of melanocyte differentiation(+)
                                     |__regulation of early stripe melanocyte differentiation(+)
                                     |__regulation of late stripe melanocyte differentiation(+)
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  • "melanocyte cell differentiation" EXACT
    "melanophore differentiation" EXACT
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