FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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Term

lymph gland crystal cell differentiation

ID (Ontology)

GO:0035170 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The process in which a relatively unspecialized larval lymph gland-derived hemocyte precursor cell acquires the specialized features of a crystal cell. Crystal cells are a class of cells that contain crystalline inclusions and are involved in the melanization of pathogenic material in the hemolymph.

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Genes
lymph gland crystal cell differentiation (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
acts_upstream_of_negative_effect \| lymph gland crystal cell differentiation
acts_upstream_of_positive_effect \| lymph gland crystal cell differentiation
involved_in \| lymph gland crystal cell differentiation

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

larval lymph gland hemopoiesis
 |__larval lymph gland hemocyte differentiation__
hemocyte differentiation                         |
 |__larval lymph gland hemocyte differentiation__|
 |__crystal cell differentiation_________________|
                                                 lymph gland crystal cell differentiation  11 rec.

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Is a	larval lymph gland hemocyte differentiation crystal cell differentiation
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