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natural killer cell differentiation

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0001779


The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a natural killer cell. [ GOC:add http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0781735149&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: NK cell differentiation

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Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'.

has related synonym

natural killer cell development

has obo namespace

biological_process

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GO:0001779