CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell differentiation
The process in which a relatively unspecialized T cell acquires specialized features of a mature CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0781735149&isbn=1/ ]
Synonyms: CD8-positive, alpha-beta T lymphocyte differentiation, CD8-positive, alpha-beta T-lymphocyte differentiation, CD8-positive, alpha-beta T-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'.
CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell development
biological_process
GO:0043374