- myoblast
- noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1884 an undifferentiated cell capable of giving rise to muscle cells
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Myoblast — Latin myoblastus MeSH Myoblasts Code TH H2.00.05.2.03004 A myoblas … Wikipedia
myoblast — [mī′ō blast΄] n. a small embryonic cell that develops into a muscle cell myoblastic adj … English World dictionary
Myoblast — Ein Myoblast (von griechisch μῦς, mys „Muskel“, βλάστος, blastos „Keim“), auch Sarkoblast (griech. σάρξ, sárx „Fleisch“), ist eine spindelförmige Vorläuferzelle der Skelettmuskelfasern beim Embryo. Myoblasten entwickeln sich aus Prämyoblasten im… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Myoblast city — (Mbc[1]) is the Drosophila melanogaster ortholog of the mammalian protein Dock180.[2] Mutant mbc embryos exhibit defects in dorsal closure, cytoskeletal organization, myogenesis, and neural development.[2][ … Wikipedia
myoblast — n. [Gr. mys, muscle; blastos, bud] A cell that produces muscular fiber … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
myoblast — Cell that by fusion with other myoblasts gives rise to myotubes that eventually develop into skeletal muscle fibres. The term is sometimes used for all the cells recognisable as immediate precursors of skeletal muscle fibres. Alternatively, the… … Dictionary of molecular biology
myoblast — /muy euh blast /, n. Embryol. any of the cells derived from the mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo that develop into muscle tissue. [1880 85; MYO + BLAST] * * * … Universalium
myoblast — noun an undifferentiated stem cell that develops into muscle tissue … Wiktionary
myoblast — A primitive muscle cell with the potentiality of developing into a muscle fiber. SYN: sarcoblast, sarcogenic cell. [myo + G. blastos, germ] * * * myo·blast mī ə .blast n an undifferentiated cell capable of giving rise to muscle cells * * * n … Medical dictionary
Myoblast — My|o|blạst, der; en, en <meist Pl.> [zu griech. blastós = Spross, Trieb] (Med.): Bildungszelle der Muskelfasern … Universal-Lexikon
