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Skeletal Myocytes

Known as: Skeletal Myocyte, Muscle Fibers, Skeletal, Skeletal muscle fiber 
Large, multinucleate single cells, either cylindrical or prismatic in shape, that form the basic unit of SKELETAL MUSCLE. They consist of MYOFIBRILS… 
National Institutes of Health

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Muscle Fibers, Fast-TwitchMuscle Fibers, RedMuscle Fibers, Slow-TwitchProtoplasm of skeletal muscle cell

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Myostatin reduces Akt/TORC1/p70S6K signaling, inhibiting myoblast differentiation and myotube size.
Myostatin is a negative regulator of skeletal muscle size, previously shown to inhibit muscle cell differentiation. Myostatin… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Resistance to Apoptosis Conferred by Cdk Inhibitors During Myocyte Differentiation
Proliferating murine C2C12 myoblasts can undergo either terminal differentiation or programmed cell death under conditions of… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
The MyoD family of transcription factors and skeletal myogenesis
Gene targeting has allowed the dissection of complex biological processes at the genetic level. Our understanding of the nuances… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
bHLH factors in muscle development: dead lines and commitments, what to leave in and what to leave out.
In recent years, skeletal muscle has become an important model for understanding the mechanisms that regulate tissue-specific… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Immunohistochemical localization in normal tissues of different epitopes in the multidrug transport protein P170: evidence for localization in brain capillaries and crossreactivity of one antibody…
Using peroxidase immunohistochemistry, we examined the distribution of P170, a multidrug transport protein, in normal tissues by… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Identification of agrin, a synaptic organizing protein from Torpedo electric organ
Extracts of the electric organ of Torpedo californica contain a proteinaceous factor that causes the formation of patches on… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Lateral motion of fluorescently labeled acetylcholine receptors in membranes of developing muscle fibers.
We have made direct, quantitative measurements of the lateral motion and age-dependent distribution of acetylcholine receptors… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Regenerative Calcium Release within Muscle Cells
Free calcium appears to trigger the release of stored calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of skinned skeletal muscle fibers… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
THE HISTOGENESIS OF RAT INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE
Intercostal muscle from fetal and newborn rats was examined with the electron microscope. At 16 days' gestation, the developing… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
MITOSIS AND INTERMEDIATE-SIZED FILAMENTS IN DEVELOPING SKELETAL MUSCLE
A new class of filaments intermediate in diameter between actin and myosin filaments has been demonstrated in skeletal muscle… 
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