| Term: | muscle pioneer contractile muscle fiber |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | muscle pioneer |
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| Synonyms: | muscle pioneers, non migratory adaxial cells |
| Definition: | Cells that develop from adaxial cells that express engrailed and do not migrate completely to the lateral surface of the myotome, and instead extend from the notochord to the lateral surface of the somite, at the level of the future horizontal myoseptum. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001086] |
| Name: | contractile muscle fiber |
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| Synonyms: | contractile fibre, muscle fiber, muscle fibre |
| Definition: | Fibers, composed of actin, myosin, and associated proteins, found in cells of smooth or striated muscle. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0043292] QuickGO AmiGO |