CD8-positive, alpha-beta cytotoxic T cell differentiation
The process in which a precursor cell type acquires the specialized features of a CD8-positive, alpha-beta cytotoxic T cell. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0781735149&isbn=1/ GOC:add ]
Synonyms: CD8-positive, alpha-beta cytotoxic T-lymphocyte differentiation, CD8-positive, alpha-beta cytotoxic T lymphocyte differentiation, CD8-positive, alpha-beta cytotoxic T-cell differentiation
Term info
Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'.
CD8-positive, alpha-beta cytotoxic T cell development
biological_process
GO:0002308
Term relations
- cell differentiation and results in acquisition of features of some CD8-positive, alpha-beta cytotoxic T cell