Hematopoietic stem cell differentiation

Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a hematopoietic stem cell. A stem cell is a cell that retains the ability to divide and proliferate throughout life to provide progenitor cells that can differentiate into specialized cells.

ID: GO:0060218

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Articles referencing this term

From genes to cells to tissues—modelling the haematopoietic system
Samuel D. Foster, S. Helen Oram, Nicola K. Wilson and Berthold Göttgens, Mol. BioSyst., 2009 , 5 , 1413
DOI: 10.1039/b907225j