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64 relations: Actin, ADAM12, Alternative splicing, Androgen receptor, Animal embryonic development, Assay, Becker muscular dystrophy, Bioinformatics, C2C12, Calcium, Cell fusion, Cell proliferation, Cellular differentiation, Centronuclear myopathy, ChIP-on-chip, Delamination, Delta-like 1, DNA sequencing, Embryo, Epaxial and hypaxial muscles, Facial muscles, Fibroblast, Fibroblast growth factor, FOX proteins, Gene, Hepatocyte growth factor, Hepatocyte growth factor receptor, High-throughput screening, Homeobox protein MSX-1, Homeobox protein SIX1, Hypoplasia, In situ hybridization, LBX1, MCF2, Mef2, Mesoderm, Metalloproteinase, Multinucleate, MYF5, MYF6, MyoD, Myogenic regulatory factors, Myogenin, Myosatellite cell, Myotome, Neural crest, Notch signaling pathway, Paracrine signaling, PAX3, PAX7, ... Expand index (14 more) »
Actin
Actin is a family of globular multi-functional proteins that form microfilaments in the cytoskeleton, and the thin filaments in muscle fibrils.
ADAM12
Disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 12 (previously Meltrin) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ADAM12 gene.
Alternative splicing
Alternative splicing, or alternative RNA splicing, or differential splicing, is an alternative splicing process during gene expression that allows a single gene to produce different splice variants.
See Myogenesis and Alternative splicing
Androgen receptor
The androgen receptor (AR), also known as NR3C4 (nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group C, member 4), is a type of nuclear receptor that is activated by binding any of the androgenic hormones, including testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, in the cytoplasm and then translocating into the nucleus.
See Myogenesis and Androgen receptor
Animal embryonic development
In developmental biology, animal embryonic development, also known as animal embryogenesis, is the developmental stage of an animal embryo.
See Myogenesis and Animal embryonic development
Assay
An assay is an investigative (analytic) procedure in laboratory medicine, mining, pharmacology, environmental biology and molecular biology for qualitatively assessing or quantitatively measuring the presence, amount, or functional activity of a target entity.
Becker muscular dystrophy
Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is an X-linked recessive inherited disorder characterized by slowly progressing muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis.
See Myogenesis and Becker muscular dystrophy
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field of science that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data, especially when the data sets are large and complex.
See Myogenesis and Bioinformatics
C2C12
C2C12 is an immortalized mouse myoblast cell line.
Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
Cell fusion
Cell fusion is an important cellular process in which several uninucleate cells (cells with a single nucleus) combine to form a multinucleate cell, known as a syncytium.
See Myogenesis and Cell fusion
Cell proliferation
Cell proliferation is the process by which a cell grows and divides to produce two daughter cells.
See Myogenesis and Cell proliferation
Cellular differentiation
Cellular differentiation is the process in which a stem cell changes from one type to a differentiated one.
See Myogenesis and Cellular differentiation
Centronuclear myopathy
Centronuclear myopathies (CNM) are a group of congenital myopathies where cell nuclei are abnormally located in the center of muscle cells instead of their normal location at the periphery.
See Myogenesis and Centronuclear myopathy
ChIP-on-chip
ChIP-on-chip (also known as ChIP-chip) is a technology that combines chromatin immunoprecipitation ('ChIP') with DNA microarray ("chip").
See Myogenesis and ChIP-on-chip
Delamination
Delamination is a mode of failure where a material fractures into layers.
See Myogenesis and Delamination
Delta-like 1
Delta-like protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DLL1 gene.
See Myogenesis and Delta-like 1
DNA sequencing
DNA sequencing is the process of determining the nucleic acid sequence – the order of nucleotides in DNA.
See Myogenesis and DNA sequencing
Embryo
An embryo is the initial stage of development for a multicellular organism.
Epaxial and hypaxial muscles
In adult vertebrates, trunk muscles can be broadly divided into hypaxial muscles, which lie ventral to the horizontal septum of the vertebrae and epaxial muscles, which lie dorsal to the septum. Myogenesis and epaxial and hypaxial muscles are muscular system.
See Myogenesis and Epaxial and hypaxial muscles
Facial muscles
The facial muscles are a group of striated skeletal muscles supplied by the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) that, among other things, control facial expression.
See Myogenesis and Facial muscles
Fibroblast
A fibroblast is a type of biological cell typically with a spindle shape that synthesizes the extracellular matrix and collagen, produces the structural framework (stroma) for animal tissues, and plays a critical role in wound healing.
Fibroblast growth factor
Fibroblast growth factors (FGF) are a family of cell signalling proteins produced by macrophages; they are involved in a wide variety of processes, most notably as crucial elements for normal development in animal cells.
See Myogenesis and Fibroblast growth factor
FOX proteins
FOX (forkhead box) proteins are a family of transcription factors that play important roles in regulating the expression of genes involved in cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, and longevity.
See Myogenesis and FOX proteins
Gene
In biology, the word gene has two meanings.
Hepatocyte growth factor
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) or scatter factor (SF) is a paracrine cellular growth, motility and morphogenic factor.
See Myogenesis and Hepatocyte growth factor
Hepatocyte growth factor receptor
Hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGF receptor) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MET gene.
See Myogenesis and Hepatocyte growth factor receptor
High-throughput screening
High-throughput screening (HTS) is a method for scientific discovery especially used in drug discovery and relevant to the fields of biology, materials science and chemistry.
See Myogenesis and High-throughput screening
Homeobox protein MSX-1
Homeobox protein MSX-1, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MSX1 gene.
See Myogenesis and Homeobox protein MSX-1
Homeobox protein SIX1
Homeobox protein SIX1 (Sine oculis homeobox homolog 1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SIX1 gene.
See Myogenesis and Homeobox protein SIX1
Hypoplasia
Hypoplasia (adjective form hypoplastic) is underdevelopment or incomplete development of a tissue or organ.
In situ hybridization
In situ hybridization (ISH) is a type of hybridization that uses a labeled complementary DNA, RNA or modified nucleic acid strand (i.e., a probe) to localize a specific DNA or RNA sequence in a portion or section of tissue (in situ) or if the tissue is small enough (e.g., plant seeds, Drosophila embryos), in the entire tissue (whole mount ISH), in cells, and in circulating tumor cells (CTCs).
See Myogenesis and In situ hybridization
LBX1
Transcription factor LBX1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LBX1 gene.
MCF2
Proto-oncogene DBL is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MCF2 gene.
Mef2
In the field of molecular biology, myocyte enhancer factor-2 (Mef2) proteins are a family of transcription factors which through control of gene expression are important regulators of cellular differentiation and consequently play a critical role in embryonic development.
Mesoderm
The mesoderm is the middle layer of the three germ layers that develops during gastrulation in the very early development of the embryo of most animals.
Metalloproteinase
A metalloproteinase, or metalloprotease, is any protease enzyme whose catalytic mechanism involves a metal.
See Myogenesis and Metalloproteinase
Multinucleate
Multinucleate cells (also known as multinucleated cells or polynuclear cells) are eukaryotic cells that have more than one nucleus, i.e., multiple nuclei share one common cytoplasm.
See Myogenesis and Multinucleate
MYF5
Myogenic factor 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYF5 gene.
MYF6
Myogenic factor 6 (also known as Mrf4 or herculin) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYF6 gene.
MyoD
MyoD, also known as myoblast determination protein 1, is a protein in animals that plays a major role in regulating muscle differentiation.
Myogenic regulatory factors
Myogenic regulatory factors (MRF) are basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors that regulate myogenesis: MyoD, Myf5, myogenin, and MRF4.
See Myogenesis and Myogenic regulatory factors
Myogenin
Myogenin, is a transcriptional activator encoded by the MYOG gene.
Myosatellite cell
Myosatellite cells, also known as satellite cells, muscle stem cells or MuSCs, are small multipotent cells with very little cytoplasm found in mature muscle.
See Myogenesis and Myosatellite cell
Myotome
A myotome is the group of muscles that a single spinal nerve innervates.
Neural crest
Neural crest cells are a temporary group of cells that arise from the embryonic ectoderm germ layer, and in turn give rise to a diverse cell lineage—including melanocytes, craniofacial cartilage and bone, smooth muscle, peripheral and enteric neurons and glia.
See Myogenesis and Neural crest
Notch signaling pathway
The Notch signaling pathway is a highly conserved cell signaling system present in most animals.
See Myogenesis and Notch signaling pathway
Paracrine signaling
In cellular biology, paracrine signaling is a form of cell signaling, a type of cellular communication in which a cell produces a signal to induce changes in nearby cells, altering the behaviour of those cells.
See Myogenesis and Paracrine signaling
PAX3
The PAX3 (paired box gene 3) gene encodes a member of the paired box or PAX family of transcription factors.
PAX7
Paired box protein Pax-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PAX7 gene.
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks), also called phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases, are a family of enzymes involved in cellular functions such as cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, motility, survival and intracellular trafficking, which in turn are involved in cancer.
See Myogenesis and Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
Precursor cell
In cell biology, precursor cells—also called blast cells—are partially differentiated, or intermediate, and are sometimes referred to as progenitor cells.
See Myogenesis and Precursor cell
Receptor tyrosine kinase
Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are the high-affinity cell surface receptors for many polypeptide growth factors, cytokines, and hormones.
See Myogenesis and Receptor tyrosine kinase
Regional differentiation
In the field of developmental biology, regional differentiation is the process by which different areas are identified in the development of the early embryo.
See Myogenesis and Regional differentiation
Sarcolemma
The sarcolemma (sarco (from sarx) from Greek; flesh, and lemma from Greek; sheath), also called the myolemma, is the cell membrane surrounding a skeletal muscle fibre or a cardiomyocyte.
Serum response factor
Serum response factor, also known as SRF, is a transcription factor protein.
See Myogenesis and Serum response factor
Skeletal muscle
Skeletal muscle (commonly referred to as muscle) is one of the three types of vertebrate muscle tissue, the other being cardiac muscle and smooth muscle. Myogenesis and Skeletal muscle are muscular system.
See Myogenesis and Skeletal muscle
Somite
The somites (outdated term: primitive segments) are a set of bilaterally paired blocks of paraxial mesoderm that form in the embryonic stage of somitogenesis, along the head-to-tail axis in segmented animals.
Sonic hedgehog protein
Sonic hedgehog protein (SHH) is encoded for by the SHH gene.
See Myogenesis and Sonic hedgehog protein
Systems thinking
Systems thinking is a way of making sense of the complexity of the world by looking at it in terms of wholes and relationships rather than by splitting it down into its parts.
See Myogenesis and Systems thinking
T-box
T-box refers to a group of transcription factors involved in embryonic limb and heart development.
TCF4
Transcription factor 4 (TCF-4) also known as immunoglobulin transcription factor 2 (ITF-2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TCF4 gene located on chromosome 18q21.2.
Twist-related protein 1
Twist-related protein 1 (TWIST1) also known as class A basic helix–loop–helix protein 38 (bHLHa38) is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that in humans is encoded by the TWIST1 gene.
See Myogenesis and Twist-related protein 1
Waardenburg syndrome
Waardenburg syndrome is a group of rare genetic conditions characterised by at least some degree of congenital hearing loss and pigmentation deficiencies, which can include bright blue eyes (or one blue eye and one brown eye), a white forelock or patches of light skin.
See Myogenesis and Waardenburg syndrome
References
Also known as Myoblast, Myoblasts, Myogenic cells, Myotube.