AmiGO 2: Term Details for "osteoclast differentiation" (GO:0030316)

Accession: GO:0030316
Name: osteoclast differentiation
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: osteoclast cell differentiation
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized monocyte acquires the specialized features of an osteoclast. An osteoclast is a specialized phagocytic cell associated with the absorption and removal of the mineralized matrix of bone tissue. Source: ISBN:0781735149, PMID:12161749, GOC:add, CL:0000092
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0030316 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to osteoclast differentiation (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to osteoclast differentiation (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for osteoclast differentiation (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
osteoclast differentiation	RO:0002162	Vertebrata (NCBITaxon:7742)
osteoclast differentiation	is_a	myeloid leukocyte differentiation (GO:0002573)
osteoclast differentiation	RO:0002315	osteoclast (CL:0000092)

subject	relation	object
negative regulation of osteoclast differentiation (GO:0045671)	RO:0002212	osteoclast differentiation
multinuclear osteoclast differentiation (GO:0072674)	is_a	osteoclast differentiation
regulation of osteoclast differentiation (GO:0045670)	RO:0002211	osteoclast differentiation
monocyte (CL:0000576)	RO:0002215	osteoclast differentiation
positive regulation of osteoclast differentiation (GO:0045672)	RO:0002213	osteoclast differentiation
osteoclast development (GO:0036035)	BFO:0000050	osteoclast differentiation

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