B-1a B cell differentiation

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0002337

The process in which B cells acquire the specialized features of B-1a B cells. B-1a B cells are B-1 cells that express CD5 and arise from fetal liver precursors. [ GOC:jal http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0781735149&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: B-1a B-cell differentiation, B-1a B-lymphocyte differentiation, B-1a B lymphocyte differentiation

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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'.

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B-1a B cell development

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biological_process

GO:0002337

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cell differentiation and results in acquisition of features of some B-1a B cell

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B-1 B cell differentiation
results in acquisition of features of some B-1a B cell