WormMine

WS297

Intermine data mining platform for C. elegans and related nematodes

GO Term : GO:0048708 astrocyte differentiation GO

Namespace  biological_process Obsolete  false
Description  The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of an astrocyte. An astrocyte is the most abundant type of glial cell. Astrocytes provide support for neurons and regulate the environment in which they function.

0 Cross References

0 Data Sets

1 Ontology

Name
GO

0 Ontology Annotations

15 Parents

Identifier Name Description
GO:0009987 cellular process Any process that is carried out at the cellular level, but not necessarily restricted to a single cell. For example, cell communication occurs among more than one cell, but occurs at the cellular level.
GO:0008150 biological_process A biological process is the execution of a genetically-encoded biological module or program. It consists of all the steps required to achieve the specific biological objective of the module. A biological process is accomplished by a particular set of molecular functions carried out by specific gene products (or macromolecular complexes), often in a highly regulated manner and in a particular temporal sequence.
GO:0007275 multicellular organism development The biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of a multicellular organism over time from an initial condition (e.g. a zygote or a young adult) to a later condition (e.g. a multicellular animal or an aged adult).
GO:0032501 multicellular organismal process Any biological process, occurring at the level of a multicellular organism, pertinent to its function.
GO:0032502 developmental process A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of an integrated living unit: an anatomical structure (which may be a subcellular structure, cell, tissue, or organ), or organism over time from an initial condition to a later condition.
GO:0048856 anatomical structure development The biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of an anatomical structure from an initial condition to its mature state. This process begins with the formation of the structure and ends with the mature structure, whatever form that may be including its natural destruction. An anatomical structure is any biological entity that occupies space and is distinguished from its surroundings. Anatomical structures can be macroscopic such as a carpel, or microscopic such as an acrosome.
GO:0048731 system development The process whose specific outcome is the progression of an organismal system over time, from its formation to the mature structure. A system is a regularly interacting or interdependent group of organs or tissues that work together to carry out a given biological process.
GO:0048869 cellular developmental process A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of a cell over time from an initial condition to a later condition.
GO:0030154 cell differentiation The cellular developmental process in which a relatively unspecialized cell, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cell, acquires specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize a specific cell. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state.
GO:0007399 nervous system development The process whose specific outcome is the progression of nervous tissue over time, from its formation to its mature state.
GO:0022008 neurogenesis Generation of cells within the nervous system.
GO:0042063 gliogenesis The process that results in the generation of glial cells. This includes the production of glial progenitors and their differentiation into mature glia.
GO:0010001 glial cell differentiation The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a glial cell.
GO:0048708 astrocyte differentiation The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of an astrocyte. An astrocyte is the most abundant type of glial cell. Astrocytes provide support for neurons and regulate the environment in which they function.
GO:0007417 central nervous system development The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the central nervous system over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The central nervous system is the core nervous system that serves an integrating and coordinating function. In vertebrates it consists of the brain and spinal cord. In those invertebrates with a central nervous system it typically consists of a brain, cerebral ganglia and a nerve cord.

40 Relations

Relationship
Parent Term . Identifier

Child Term . Identifier
part of GO:0048708 GO:0002265
part of GO:0048708 GO:0014002
part of GO:0048708 GO:0021878
is_a GO:0048708 GO:0021896
part of GO:0048708 GO:0021897
part of GO:0048708 GO:0048143
is_a GO:0010001 GO:0048708
part of GO:0007417 GO:0048708
is_a GO:0009987 GO:0048708
is_a GO:0032502 GO:0048708
part of GO:0048869 GO:0048708
is_a GO:0030154 GO:0048708
part of GO:0008150 GO:0048708
part of GO:0022008 GO:0048708
part of GO:0030154 GO:0048708
part of GO:0032502 GO:0048708
is_a GO:0048869 GO:0048708
part of GO:0009987 GO:0048708
part of GO:0032501 GO:0048708
part of GO:0048731 GO:0048708
part of GO:0042063 GO:0048708
part of GO:0007275 GO:0048708
part of GO:0007399 GO:0048708
part of GO:0048856 GO:0048708
is_a GO:0008150 GO:0048708
regulates GO:0048708 GO:0048710
regulates GO:0048708 GO:0048710
positively regulates GO:0048708 GO:0048711
positively regulates GO:0048708 GO:0048711
regulates GO:0048708 GO:0048711

0 Synonyms