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cytotoxic T cell differentiation

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0045065

The process in which a relatively unspecialized T cell acquires specialized features of a cytotoxic T cell. [ GOC:ai ]

Synonyms: cytotoxic T lymphocyte selection, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte selection, cytotoxic T-cell selection

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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'.

has related synonym

cytotoxic T cell development

has obo namespace

biological_process

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GO:0045065