alpha-beta T cell differentiation
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0046632
The process in which a precursor cell type acquires the specialized features of an alpha-beta T cell. An alpha-beta T cell is a T cell that expresses an alpha-beta T cell receptor complex. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000789 GOC:ai ]
Synonyms: alpha-beta T-lymphocyte differentiation, alpha-beta T-cell differentiation, alpha-beta T lymphocyte 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'.
alpha-beta T cell development
biological_process
GO:0046632