FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term muscle cell differentiation ID (Ontology) GO:0042692 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a muscle cell.
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 muscle cell differentiation (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
     involved_in | muscle cell differentiation
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cellular developmental process
 |__cell differentiation____________________________
animal gross anatomical part developmental process  |
 |__muscle structure development____________________|
                                                    muscle cell differentiation  126 rec.
                                                     |__muscle cell development 76 rec.
                                                     |   |__striated muscle cell development(+) 54 rec.
                                                     |   |__T-tubule organization 11 rec.
                                                     |   |__vascular associated smooth muscle cell development(+)
                                                     |__muscle cell fate commitment 14 rec.
                                                     |   |__cardiac muscle cell fate commitment(+)
                                                     |   |__muscle cell fate determination(+) 5 rec.
                                                     |   |__muscle cell fate specification(+) 7 rec.
                                                     |   |__vascular associated smooth muscle cell fate commitment(+)
                                                     |__regulation of muscle cell differentiation 5 rec.
                                                     |   |__negative regulation of muscle cell differentiation(+) 1 rec.
                                                     |   |__positive regulation of muscle cell differentiation(+) 4 rec.
                                                     |   |__regulation of smooth muscle cell differentiation(+)
                                                     |   |__regulation of striated muscle cell differentiation(+) 3 rec.
                                                     |__smooth muscle cell differentiation
                                                     |   |__enteric smooth muscle cell differentiation
                                                     |   |__kidney smooth muscle cell differentiation(+)
                                                     |   |__regulation of smooth muscle cell differentiation(+)
                                                     |   |__ureter smooth muscle cell differentiation(+)
                                                     |   |__vascular associated smooth muscle cell differentiation(+)
                                                     |__striated muscle cell differentiation 91 rec.
                                                         |__cardiac muscle cell differentiation(+) 6 rec.
                                                         |__myotube differentiation(+) 38 rec.
                                                         |__regulation of striated muscle cell differentiation(+) 3 rec.
                                                         |__striated muscle cell development(+) 54 rec.
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Is a cell differentiation
Part of muscle structure development
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