initiation of appressorium on or near host

id: GO:0075025
name: initiation of appressorium on or near host
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell starts to acquire specialized features of the symbiont appressorium to aid in infection of the host. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction.

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