Definition of Myotube

1. Noun. (anatomy) A structure of elongated multinucleate cells that contains some peripherally located myofibrils ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Myotube

1. a cylindrical cell that develops from a myoblast [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myotube

myotome
myotomes
myotomic
myotomies
myotomy
myotonia
myotonia atrophica
myotonia congenita
myotonias
myotonic
myotonic dystrophy
myotonic muscular dystrophy
myotoxic
myotoxin
myotoxins
myotube (current term)
myotubes
myotubular
myotubularin
myotubule
myotubules
myovascular
myoxid
myoxids
myoxine
myrbane
myrbanes
myrcene
myrcenes
myria-

Literary usage of Myotube

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"... of the mouse acetylcholine receptor delta subunit gene: Identification of a 148-bp cts-acting region that confers myotube-specific expression. ..."

2. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"... D\ AI myotube Notes: A schematic protocol for exploitation of myogenic conversion. Skin fibroblasts (light grey) can be transduced with retroviral ..."

3. Animal Models in Biomedical Research: Poultry (1993)
"... mice, chicken, dwarfism, progressive muscle weakness. "Calcium regulation of skeletal myogenesis I. cell content critical to myotube 086 formation. ..."

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