multinuclear osteoclast differentiation
id: GO:0072674
name: multinuclear osteoclast differentiation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The process in which a relatively unspecialized monocyte acquires the specialized features of a multinuclear osteoclast. An osteoclast is a specialized phagocytic cell associated with the absorption and removal of the mineralized matrix of bone tissue.
Parent Functions
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GO:0030316 | osteoclast differentiation |