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The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a muscle cell. The commitment of cells to specific cell fates and their capacity to differentiate into particular kinds of cells. Positional information is established through protein signals that emanate from a localized source within a cell (the initial one-cell zygote) or within a developmental field. Process involved in cell fate commitment. Once determination has taken place, a cell becomes committed to differentiate down a particular pathway regardless of its environment. A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of a cell over time from an initial condition to a later condition. Process by which a cell becomes capable of differentiating autonomously into a muscle cell regardless of its environment; upon determination, the cell fate cannot be reversed. The process by which the cellular identity of muscle cells is acquired and determined.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: muscle cell fate determination
Acc: GO:0007521
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: Process by which a cell becomes capable of differentiating autonomously into a muscle cell regardless of its environment; upon determination, the cell fate cannot be reversed.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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GO:0007521 - muscle cell fate determination (interactive image map)
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