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Category:GO:0050936 ! xanthophore differentiation
name: xanthophore differentiation
namespace: biological_process
def: "The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a xanthophore cell. Xanthophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain pteridine and/or carotenoid pigments in structures called pterinosomes or xanthosomes. This makes them yellow to orange in appearance." [GOC:jid, GOC:mh, PMID:11858836]
comment: Note that this term refers to xanthophores in the sense of specialized pigment-producing cells, and should not be confused with the cellular component term 'xanthophore ; GO:0031633', which refers to a subcellular structure.
synonym: "xanthophore cell differentiation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0050931 ! pigment cell differentiation
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<GOterm>GO:0050936</GOterm>
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