FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
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Term pigment cell differentiation ID (Ontology) GO:0050931 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a pigmented cell, such as a melanocyte.
Also Known As "chromatophore differentiation" ; "pigmented cell differentiation"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       1
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 pigment cell differentiation (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       1
     involved_in | pigment cell differentiation       1
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pigmentation
 |__developmental pigmentation__
cellular developmental process  |
 |__cell differentiation________|
                                pigment cell differentiation  11 rec.
                                 |__compound eye pigment cell differentiation
                                 |__cyanophore differentiation
                                 |   |__regulation of cyanophore differentiation(+)
                                 |__erythrophore differentiation
                                 |   |__regulation of erythrophore differentiation(+)
                                 |__iridophore differentiation
                                 |   |__regulation of iridophore differentiation(+)
                                 |__leucophore differentiation
                                 |   |__regulation of leucophore differentiation(+)
                                 |__melanocyte differentiation 1 rec.
                                 |   |__early stripe melanocyte differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__late stripe melanocyte differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__regulation of melanocyte differentiation(+)
                                 |__pigment cell development 1 rec.
                                 |__pigment granule maturation 7 rec.
                                 |   |__endosome to pigment granule transport(+)
                                 |__regulation of pigment cell differentiation 1 rec.
                                 |   |__negative regulation of pigment cell differentiation(+) 1 rec.
                                 |   |__positive regulation of pigment cell differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__regulation of cyanophore differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__regulation of erythrophore differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__regulation of iridophore differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__regulation of leucophore differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__regulation of melanocyte differentiation(+)
                                 |   |__regulation of xanthophore differentiation(+)
                                 |__xanthophore differentiation
                                     |__regulation of xanthophore differentiation(+)
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Is a cell differentiation
Part of developmental pigmentation
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  • "chromatophore differentiation" EXACT
    "pigmented cell differentiation" EXACT
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