Cell Function
cell dedifferentiation
Subclass of:
Cell physiology
Definitions related to cell dedifferentiation:
  • A reverse developmental process in which terminally differentiated cells with specialized functions revert back to a less differentiated stage within their own CELL LINEAGE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The process in which a specialized cell loses the structural or functional features that characterize it in the mature organism, or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Under certain conditions, these cells can revert back to the features of the stem cells that were their ancestors.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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