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Category:GO:0002317 ! plasma cell differentiation
name: plasma cell differentiation
namespace: biological_process
def: "The process in which a B cell acquires the specialized features of a plasma cell. A plasma cell is a lymphocyte which develops from a B cell and produces high amounts of antibody." [GOC:jal]
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'.
synonym: "plasma cell development" RELATED [GOC:add]
is_a: GO:0002313 ! mature B cell differentiation involved in immune response
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<GOterm>GO:0002317</GOterm>
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