respiratory basal cell differentiation
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a respiratory basal cell. [ MP:0011114 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17909629 GOC:TermGenie http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000086 ]
Synonyms: airway basal cell differentiation
Term info
Changes in the lineage choice of ABCs or their undifferentiated daughters might contribute to the mucous cell hyperplasia, metaplasia or squamous metaplasia seen in many respiratory disorders
cjm
2014-02-13T23:41:24Z
biological_process
GO:1902691