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pancreatic A cell differentiation

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0003310


The process in which relatively unspecialized cells acquire specialized structural and functional features of a pancreatic A cell. A pancreatic A cell is a cell in the pancreas that secretes glucagon. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11076772 GOC:dph ]

Synonyms: pancreatic alpha cell differentiation