Term Name: | corticotropin hormone secreting cell differentiation |
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Synonyms: | adrenocorticotrophic hormone secreting cell differentiation, adrenocorticotropic hormone secreting cell differentiation, corticotrope differentiation, corticotroph differentiation, corticotrophin hormone secreting cell differentiation |
Definition: | The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a corticotropic hormone secreting cell. An corticotropic hormone secreting cell is a basophil cell of the anterior pituitary that produces corticotropin. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0060128] QuickGO AmiGO |