keratinization
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0031424
The process in which the cytoplasm of the outermost cells of the vertebrate epidermis is replaced by keratin. Keratinization occurs in the stratum corneum, feathers, hair, claws, nails, hooves, and horns. [ GOC:ebc GOC:sdb_2009 GOC:tb GOC:dph ]
Term info
biological_process
GO:0031424
Term relations
- multicellular organismal process
- part of some keratinocyte differentiation
- occurs in some epidermal cell