myotube differentiation
id: GO:0014902
name: myotube differentiation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a myotube cell. Myotube differentiation starts with myoblast fusion and the appearance of specific cell markers (this is the cell development step). Then individual myotubes can fuse to form bigger myotubes and start to contract. Myotubes are multinucleated cells that are formed when proliferating myoblasts exit the cell cycle, differentiate and fuse.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0014908 | myotube differentiation involved in skeletal muscle regeneration |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0035914 | skeletal muscle cell differentiation |
