| Term: | islet cell differentiation |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | islet |
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| Definition: | Portion of tissue composed of a group of cells in the pancreas producing insulin, glucagon and somatostatin. Part of the endocrine pancreas. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005755] |
| Name: | cell differentiation |
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| Definition: | The cellular developmental process in which a relatively unspecialized cell, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cell, acquires specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize a specific cell. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0030154] QuickGO AmiGO |