FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

muscle cell development

ID (Ontology)

GO:0055001 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

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.

Also Known As

"muscle fiber development" ; "muscle fibre development" ; "myofiber development" (for all, see Synonyms field below)

Comment

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Annotations

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Genes
muscle cell development (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| muscle cell development

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

cell differentiation
 |__muscle cell differentiation___
 |__cell development______________|
anatomical structure development  |
 |__cell development______________|
cellular developmental process    |
 |__cell development______________|
muscle structure development      |
 |__muscle cell differentiation___|
                                  muscle cell development  76 rec.
                                   |__striated muscle cell development 54 rec.
                                   |   |__cardiac muscle cell development(+) 4 rec.
                                   |   |__myofibril assembly(+) 51 rec.
                                   |   |__myotube cell development(+)
                                   |__T-tubule organization 11 rec.
                                   |__vascular associated smooth muscle cell development
                                       |__cardiac vascular smooth muscle cell development(+)

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Relationships
Is a	cell development
Part of	muscle cell differentiation
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"muscle fiber development" EXACT "muscle fibre development" EXACT "myofiber development" EXACT "myofibre development" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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