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
Term info
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'.
natural killer cell development
biological_process
GO:0001779