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myoblast

American  
[mahy-uh-blast] / ˈmaɪ əˌblæst /

noun

Embryology.
  1. any of the cells derived from the mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo that develop into muscle tissue.


Etymology

Origin of myoblast

First recorded in 1880–85; myo- + -blast


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To investigate the role of AIMP2–ADAR interactions in skeletal muscles, we performed gene perturbation experiments in the C2C12 mouse myoblast cell line.

From Nature ● Oct. 10, 2017

Human skeletal myoblast lysate was purchased from ZenBio TCE-SKB and lysate from differentiated human skeletal myotubes was purchased from ZenBio TCE-SKM.

From Nature ● Mar. 21, 2017

The nucleus of each contributing myoblast remains intact in the mature skeletal muscle cell, resulting in a mature, multinucleate cell.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

As a myotube is formed from many different myoblast cells, it contains many nuclei, but has a continuous cytoplasm.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

This is why skeletal muscle cells are multinucleate, as the nucleus of each contributing myoblast remains intact in the mature skeletal muscle cell.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

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