FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term xanthophore differentiation ID (Ontology) GO:0050936 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a xanthophore cell. Xanthophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain pteridine and/or carotenoid pigments in structures called pterinosomes or xanthosomes. This makes them yellow to orange in appearance.[ PubMed:11858836 ]
Also Known As "xanthophore cell differentiation"
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developmental pigmentation__|
                            pigment cell differentiation
                             |__xanthophore differentiation
                                 |__regulation of xanthophore differentiation
                                     |__negative regulation of xanthophore differentiation
                                     |__positive regulation of xanthophore differentiation
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