| id | GO:0030183 Detailed information
|
|---|
| name | B cell differentiation
|
|---|
| namespace | biological_process
|
|---|
| alt_id | GO:0042115
|
|---|
| def | "The process in which a precursor cell type acquires the specialized features of a B cell. A B cell is a lymphocyte of B lineage with the phenotype CD19-positive and capable of B cell mediated immunity." [GO_REF:0000022, GOC:mah, GOC:mtg_15nov05]
|
|---|
| comment | This term was improved by GO_REF:0000022. It was moved. 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'.
|
|---|
| synonym | "B cell development" RELATED [GOC:add]
|
|---|
| synonym | "B lymphocyte differentiation" EXACT []
|
|---|
| synonym | "B-cell differentiation" EXACT []
|
|---|
| synonym | "B-lymphocyte differentiation" EXACT []
|
|---|
| is_a | GO:0030098 ! lymphocyte differentiation
|
|---|
| is_a | GO:0042113 ! B cell activation
|
|---|