Term Name: | somatotropin secreting cell differentiation |
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Synonyms: | growth hormone secreting cell differentiation, somatotrope differentiation, somatotroph differentiation, somatotrophin secreting cell differentiation, somatotropic cell differentiation, somatrophic cell differentiation |
Definition: | The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a somatotropin secreting cell. A somatotropin secreting cell is an acidophilic cell of the anterior pituitary that produces growth hormone, somatotropin. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0060126] QuickGO AmiGO |