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GO: Biological Process

leukocyte differentiation

Term ID
GO:0002521
Synonyms
  • immune cell differentiation
  • leucocyte differentiation
Definition
The process in which a relatively unspecialized hemopoietic precursor cell acquires the specialized features of a leukocyte. A leukocyte is an achromatic cell of the myeloid or lymphoid lineages capable of ameboid movement, found in blood or other tissue. 16551264
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