nephrocyte differentiation
id: GO:0061319
name: nephrocyte differentiation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized structural and/or functional features of a nephrocyte. A nephrocyte is an insect renal cell that filters hemolymph. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0061320 | pericardial nephrocyte differentiation |
| GO:0061321 | garland nephrocyte differentiation |
| GO:0061322 | disseminated nephrocyte differentiation |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0061318 | renal filtration cell differentiation |
