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A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of a cell over time from an initial condition to a later condition. The progression of a muscle structure over time, from its formation to its mature state. Muscle structures are contractile cells, tissues or organs that are found in multicellular organisms. The biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of an anatomical structure from an initial condition to its mature state. This process begins with the formation of the structure and ends with the mature structure, whatever form that may be including its natural destruction. An anatomical structure is any biological entity that occupies space and is distinguished from its surroundings. Anatomical structures can be macroscopic such as a carpel, or microscopic such as an acrosome. The process whereby relatively unspecialized cells, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cells, acquire specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize the cells, tissues, or organs of the mature organism or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state. The process by which the cellular identity of muscle cells is acquired and determined. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a muscle cell. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of muscle cell differentiation. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a myoblast. A myoblast is a mononucleate cell type that, by fusion with other myoblasts, gives rise to the myotubes that eventually develop into striated muscle fibers. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a muscle cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Muscle cell development does not include the steps involved in committing an unspecified cell to the muscle cell fate. Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of muscle cell differentiation. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of muscle cell differentiation. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a striated muscle cell; striated muscle fibers are divided by transverse bands into striations, and cardiac and voluntary muscle are types of striated muscle. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a smooth muscle cell; smooth muscle lacks transverse striations in its constituent fibers and are almost always involuntary.

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GO TERM SUMMARY

Name: muscle cell differentiation
Acc: GO:0042692
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a muscle cell.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0042692 - muscle cell differentiation (interactive image map)

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