This term is obsolete.

GO:0030318 JSON

melanocyte differentiation

Biological Process

Definition (GO:0030318 GONUTS page)

The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.

9,246 annotations

Synonyms

Synonyms are alternative words or phrases closely related in meaning to the term name, with indication of the relationship between the name and synonym given by the synonym scope.

Synonym Type
melanocyte cell differentiation exact
melanophore differentiation exact

Ancestor Chart

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Child Terms

This table lists all terms that are direct descendants (child terms) of GO:0030318

Child Term Relationship to
GO:0030318
negative regulation of melanocyte differentiation
negatively_regulates
late stripe melanocyte differentiation
is_a
early stripe melanocyte differentiation
is_a
regulation of melanocyte differentiation
regulates
positive regulation of melanocyte differentiation
positively_regulates

Taxon Constraints

The use of this term should conform to the following taxon constraints:

Ancestor GO ID Ancestor GO Term Name Relationship Taxon ID Taxon Reference(s)
GO:0030318 melanocyte differentiation Only in Taxon 89593 Craniata

More information on taxon constraints in GO is available here

Annotation Blacklist

This list aims to correct incorrect annotations to UniProtKB accessions inferred from electronic annotation (IEA) methods that are supplied by the UniProt-GOA project to the GO Consortium:

Category Entity Type Entity ID Taxon ID Entity Name Ancestor GO ID Reason Rule/Method ID
NOT-qualified manual protein A8XY28 6238 A8XY28_CAEBR GO:0030154 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000318 from this reference: GO_REF:0000033
NOT-qualified manual protein B7PL19 6945 B7PL19_IXOSC GO:0030154 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000318 from this reference: GO_REF:0000033
NOT-qualified manual protein B7PVH4 6945 B7PVH4_IXOSC GO:0030154 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000318 from this reference: GO_REF:0000033
NOT-qualified manual protein O16262 6239 NIPI4_CAEEL GO:0030154 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000318 from this reference: GO_REF:0000033

Cross-Ontology Relations

Relation Other Ontology ID Term
results_in_acquisition_of_features_of CL CL:0000148 melanocyte

Co-occurring Terms

These tables show the number of times the term listed in the table has been co-annotated.

No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0030318 based on ALL annotations
The top 100 of 1,382 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
melanocyte differentiation
21,836.99 100.00 8,927 8,927
melanosome membrane
3,208.44 10.06 2,161 14,708
melanin biosynthetic process
3,069.69 9.89 2,233 15,885
melanosome transport
7,637.76 8.95 958 2,739
melanosome organization
3,393.50 7.28 1,076 6,924
pigmentation
2,836.97 7.13 1,219 9,383
melanosome
1,644.41 6.00 2,039 27,077
developmental pigmentation
2,029.48 4.29 658 7,080
regulation of developmental pigmentation
11,214.43 3.88 360 701
positive regulation of melanocyte differentiation
15,448.23 3.26 295 417
Totals 31695 273251
No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0030318 based on MANUAL annotations
The top 100 of 1,193 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
melanocyte differentiation
5,026.46 100.00 257 257
pigmentation
1,612.26 19.45 85 265
melanosome
1,012.40 11.80 57 283
developmental pigmentation
1,119.64 11.16 47 211
melanosome membrane
1,748.33 10.09 32 92
melanin biosynthetic process
1,247.70 9.64 35 141
melanocyte migration
2,706.55 7.64 21 39
iridophore differentiation
3,673.18 7.20 19 26
regulation of developmental pigmentation
2,585.03 6.57 18 35
positive regulation of melanocyte differentiation
2,946.54 6.32 17 29
Totals 1524 9263

Change Log

Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-03-22 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:89593 (Craniata)
2024-03-22 Deleted CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:7742 (Vertebrata)
2024-03-05 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:7742 (Vertebrata)
2016-06-22 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0060563 (neuroepithelial cell differentiation)
2013-05-09 Added RELATION is a GO:0060563 (neuroepithelial cell differentiation)
2010-12-17 Added DEFINITION The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.
2010-12-17 Deleted DEFINITION The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.
2008-05-13 Added DEFINITION The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.
2008-05-12 Deleted DEFINITION The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0050931 (pigment cell differentiation)
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2005-02-21 Updated TERM melanocyte differentiation
2005-01-13 Updated TERM melanocyte cell differentiation
2001-10-03 Added TERM melanocyte differentiation
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2010-12-17 Added DEFINITION The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.
2010-12-17 Deleted DEFINITION The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.
2008-05-13 Added DEFINITION The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.
2008-05-12 Deleted DEFINITION The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM melanophore differentiation
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM melanocyte cell differentiation
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM melanophore differentiation
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM melanocyte cell differentiation
2005-06-30 Updated DEFINITION The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.
2005-02-21 Added SYNONYM melanocyte cell differentiation
2005-01-21 Updated DEFINITION Processes whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.
2004-04-19 Added SYNONYM melanophore differentiation
2004-04-16 Deleted SYNONYM melanophore differentiation
2004-03-25 Added SYNONYM melanophore differentiation
2002-11-27 Added DEFINITION The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a melanocyte.
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2016-06-22 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0060563 (neuroepithelial cell differentiation)
2013-05-09 Added RELATION is a GO:0060563 (neuroepithelial cell differentiation)
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0050931 (pigment cell differentiation)
Timestamp Action Category Detail
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-03-22 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:89593 (Craniata)
2024-03-22 Deleted CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:7742 (Vertebrata)
2024-03-05 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:7742 (Vertebrata)
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