| id | GO:0046632 Detailed information
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| name | alpha-beta T cell differentiation
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The process in which a precursor cell type acquires the specialized features of an alpha-beta T cell. An alpha-beta T cell is a T cell that expresses an alpha-beta T cell receptor complex." [CL:0000789, GOC:ai]
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| comment | 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'.
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| synonym | "alpha-beta T cell development" RELATED [GOC:add]
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| synonym | "alpha-beta T lymphocyte differentiation" EXACT []
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| synonym | "alpha-beta T-cell differentiation" EXACT []
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| synonym | "alpha-beta T-lymphocyte differentiation" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0030217 ! T cell differentiation
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| is_a | GO:0046631 ! alpha-beta T cell activation
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