Term Name: pancreatic A cell differentiation
Synonyms: pancreatic alpha cell differentiation
Definition: The process in which relatively unspecialized cells acquire specialized structural and functional features of a pancreatic A cell. A pancreatic A cell is a cell in the pancreas that secretes glucagon.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0003310]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: endocrine pancreas development
has parts: pancreatic A cell development pancreatic A cell fate commitment
is a type of: enteroendocrine cell differentiation
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of pancreatic A cell differentiation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of pancreatic A cell differentiation
regulated by: regulation of pancreatic A cell differentiation