corticotropin hormone secreting cell differentiation
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0060128
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a corticotropic hormone secreting cell. An corticotropic hormone secreting cell is a basophil cell of the anterior pituitary that produces corticotropin. [ GOC:dph ]
Synonyms: adrenocorticotrophic hormone secreting cell differentiation, corticotrope differentiation, corticotroph differentiation, adrenocorticotropic hormone secreting cell differentiation
Term info
corticotrophin hormone secreting cell differentiation
biological_process
GO:0060128
Term relations
- cell differentiation and results in acquisition of features of some adrenocorticotropic hormone secreting cell
- cell differentiation
- part of some adenohypophysis development
- results in acquisition of features of some adrenocorticotropic hormone secreting cell