T cell differentiation in thymus
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0033077
The process in which a precursor cell type acquires the specialized features of a T cell via a differentiation pathway dependent upon transit through the thymus. [ GOC:add http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0781735149&isbn=1/ ]
Synonyms: thymocyte cell differentiation, thymocyte differentiation, thymic 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'.
T cell development in thymus
biological_process
GO:0033077