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myoblast fusion

A process in which non-proliferating myoblasts fuse to existing fibers or to myotubes to form new fibers. A myoblast is a mononucleate cell type that… 
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myotube differentiation
negative regulation of myoblast fusion

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Potential m-calpain substrates during myoblast fusion.
Many studies have demonstrated that m-calpain was implicated in cell membrane reorganization-related phenomena during fusion via… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The calpain-calpastatin system and protein degradation in fusing myoblasts.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Rat myoblast fusion requires exteriorized m-calpain activity.
Our previous studies demonstrated that fibronectin could be proteolyzed by m-calpain during muscle cell differentiation. Recent… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Differential effects of over-expressed neural cell adhesion molecule isoforms on myoblast fusion
We have used a transfection based approach to analyze the role of neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) in myogenesis at the stage… 
1993
1993
Chloramphenicol, an inhibitor of mitochondrial protein synthesis, inhibits myoblast fusion and myotube differentiation.
Chloramphenicol (100 micrograms/ml), an inhibitor of mitochondrial protein synthesis, inhibits the fusion of myoblasts isolated… 
1990
1990
Developmental regulation of a cadherin during the differentiation of skeletal myoblasts.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Human muscle neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM): Identification of a muscle-specific sequence in the extracellular domain
1983
1983
Inositol phospholipid metabolism and myoblast fusion.
The fusion of chick embryonic myoblasts has been studied in tissue culture. Myoblasts are maintained at 0.1 microM-Ca2+ for 50 h… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Differentiation in cultures derived from embryonic chicken muscle. I. Muscle-specific enzyme changes before fusion in EGTA-synchronized cultures.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Collagen in developing chick muscle in vivo and in vitro.
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