Term Name: cell fate commitment
Synonyms:
Definition: The cellular developmental process by which a cell establishes the intrinsic character of a cell or tissue region irreversibly committing it to a particular fate.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0045165]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: cell differentiation
has parts: cell fate determination cell fate specification cell-cell signaling involved in cell fate commitment
is a type of: cellular developmental process
has subtype: apical cell fate commitment asymmetric neuroblast division B cell lineage commitment cardiac cell fate commitment cell fate commitment involved in formation of primary germ layer cell fate commitment involved in pattern specification compound eye cone cell fate commitment DCT cell fate commitment determination of imaginal disc primordium eosinophil fate commitment epithelial cell fate commitment glial cell fate commitment guard cell fate commitment hypothalamus gonadotrophin-releasing hormone neuron fate commitment inner cell mass cell fate commitment juxtaglomerulus cell fate commitment lens fiber cell fate commitment mesangial cell fate commitment mesenchymal cell fate commitment muscle cell fate commitment myoblast fate commitment neuroblast fate commitment neuron fate commitment oocyte fate commitment osteoblast fate commitment pancreatic E cell fate commitment pro-T cell lineage commitment proximal convoluted tubule segment 1 cell fate commitment renal interstitial fibroblast fate commitment seed trichome initiation skeletal muscle satellite cell commitment stem cell fate commitment T cell lineage commitment trophectodermal cell fate commitment vulval cell fate commitment
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of cell fate commitment
positively regulated by: positive regulation of cell fate commitment
regulated by: regulation of cell fate commitment