tendon cell differentiation
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a tendon cell. Tendon cell are elongated fibrocytes in which the cytoplasm is stretched between the collagen fibres of the tendon. Tendon cells have a central cell nucleus with a prominent nucleolus, a well-developed rough endoplasmic reticulum, and are responsible for synthesis and turnover of tendon fibres and ground substance.
GO:0030154
cell differentiation
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GO:0035992
tendon formation
part_of
muscle attachment cell differentiation
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tenocyte differentiation
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