prolactin secreting cell differentiation
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0060127
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a prolactin secreting cell. A prolactin secreting cell is an acidophilic cell of the anterior pituitary that produces prolactin. [ GOC:dph ]
Synonyms: lactotroph differentiation, mammotroph differentiation, mammotrophic cell differentiation, mammotropic cell differentiation, lactotrope differentiation, mammotrope differentiation, lactotropic cell differentiation, epsilon-acidophil differentiation
Term info
biological_process
GO:0060127
Term relations
- cell differentiation
- results in acquisition of features of some prolactin secreting cell
- part of some adenohypophysis development