growth plate cartilage chondrocyte differentiation
The process in which a chondroblast acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a chondrocyte that will contribute to the growth of a bone. A chondrocyte is a polymorphic cell that forms cartilage. [ GOC:tb GOC:ascb_2009 GOC:dph ]
Term info
dph
2009-12-22T09:00:56Z
biological_process
GO:0003418
Term relations
- cell differentiation and results in acquisition of features of some growth plate cartilage chondrocyte